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scar·la·ti·na (skär

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See scarlet fever.

[New Latin (febris) scarlatina, scarlet (fever), from Italian scarlattina, feminine of scarlattino, scarlet, diminutive of scarlatto, from Persian saqirlt; see scarlet.]

scarla·tinal adj.

scarlatina [ˌskɑːləˈtiːnə]

(Medicine / Pathology) the technical name for scarlet fever

[from New Latin, from Italian scarlattina, diminutive of scarlatto scarlet]

scarlatinal adj

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Noun

scarlatina - an acute communicable disease (usually in children) characterized by fever and a red rash

scarlet fever

contagion, contagious disease - any disease easily transmitted by contact

Translations

scarlatina [ˌskɑːləˈtiːnə] N → escarlatina f

scarlatina

n → Scharlach m

scarlatina [ˌskɑːləˈtiːnə] n (Med) → scarlattina

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