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单词 scarlet fever
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scarlet fever

noun

: an acute contagious febrile disease caused by hemolytic Group A streptococci and characterized by inflammation of the nose, throat, and mouth, generalized toxemia, and a red rash

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web As a child, Rudolph had pneumonia, scarlet fever and polio. Elvia Limón, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2022 When the boy is sick with scarlet fever, the comfortable old toy comes back into favor. The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 June 2022 Jean Harlow died 85 years ago of uremic poisoning because of kidney failure — a bout of scarlet fever as a teenager compromised her kidneys. Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2022 Other potentially fatal illnesses were also linked to milk, including diphtheria, typhoid and scarlet fever. New York Times, 27 Apr. 2021 The islanders benefitted from a near-complete lack of infectious disease; many illnesses, including smallpox and scarlet fever, rarely reached them. Katherine S. Xue, The New Yorker, 21 July 2021 Nearly 50 years ago, medical sociologists John and Sonja McKinlay examined death rates from 10 serious diseases: tuberculosis, scarlet fever, influenzae, pneumonia, diphtheria, whooping cough, measles, smallpox, typhoid, and polio. Robert M. Kaplan, STAT, 12 July 2021 Streptococcus pyogenes, the bacterium that causes strep throat and scarlet fever, can also cause organ damage, particularly of the heart. Quanta Magazine, 1 July 2021 Antibiotics would take much of the terror out of diseases such as scarlet fever and pneumonia. Perri Klass, Harper's Magazine, 25 May 2021 See More

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1651, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

scarlet fever

noun

: a serious illness in which there is a sore throat, high fever, and red rash

Medical Definition

scarlet fever

noun

scar·​let fever ˈskär-lət- How to pronounce scarlet fever (audio)
: an acute contagious febrile disease caused by Group A bacteria of the genus Streptococcus (especially various strains of S. pyogenes) and characterized by inflammation of the nose, throat, and mouth, generalized toxemia, and a red rash

called also scarlatina

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