scarlet fever

scarlet fever

n.

An acute contagious disease caused by a hemolytic streptococcus, occurring predominantly among children and characterized by a scarlet skin eruption and high fever. Also called scarlatina.

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scarlet fever

n

(Medicine / Pathology) an acute communicable disease characterized by fever, strawberry-coloured tongue, and a typical rash starting on the neck and chest and spreading to the abdomen and limbs, caused by all group A haemolytic Streptococcus bacteria Technical name scarlatina

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scarlet fever  (skärlt)

A severe acute infectious disease caused by the bacterium Streptococcus pyogenes, occurring mainly in children, and marked by high fever, sore throat and a red skin rash.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

scarlet fever - an acute communicable disease (usually in children) characterized by fever and a red rash scarlatina contagion, contagious disease - any disease easily transmitted by contact

Translations

scarlet fever

n → Scharlach m, → Scharlachfieber nt

scarlet fever n → scarlattina