English Explanatory Dictionary

roseola infantum

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A childhood disease caused by human herpesvirus, and characterised by a high-grade fever and a rash which appears as the fever is seemingly resolving.

Word forms

roseola infantum

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin roseola īnfantum (“a rosy (rash) of the infant”).

Synonyms

roseola sixth disease three-day fever exanthema subitum
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