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scarlatina

[ skahr-luh-tee-nuh ]

noun

Pathology.
  1. a mild form of scarlet fever.


scarlatina

/ ˌɑːəˈپːə /

noun

  1. the technical name for scarlet fever
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌˈپԲ, adjective
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  • l·پn ··پ·Դdzܲ [skahr-l, uh, -, tee, -n, uh, s, skahr-, lat, -n-, uh, s], adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of scarlatina1

1795–1805; < New Latin ( febris ) scarlatina scarlet fever, derivative of Medieval Latin scarlata scarlet (cloth); scarlet, -ine 1
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of scarlatina1

C19: from New Latin, from Italian scarlattina, diminutive of scarlatto scarlet
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Example Sentences

Scarlet fever, also called scarlatina, is not usually serious and can be treated with antibiotics.

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Sometimes known as scarlatina, the condition gets its name from the diffuse red rash that is characteristic of the infection; the rash generally fades after about a week.

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Obsessive to prove himself in his war on scarlatina, diphtheria, pneumonia and typhoid, Brosan became a tyrant against all filth.

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The hyaline degeneration of muscular fibre is found in certain febrile diseases, as typhoid and typhus fevers, scarlatina, variola, and cerebro-spinal meningitis.

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After death by smallpox, plague, typhus, cholera, scarlatina, diphtheria, and measles the funerals should be private and the bodies should not be taken to the church.

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