English Explanatory Dictionary

fifth disease

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The manifestation as rashes of an infection by erythrovirus.

Word forms

fifth disease

Etymology

Historically classified as the fifth of the classical childhood skin rashes or exanthems, after measles, scarlet fever, rubella, and Dukes' disease.

Synonyms

erythema infectiosum slap face slapcheek slapped cheek syndrome slapped face
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