scarlatina
/ˌskɑːləˈtiːnə
/(also scarletina)
noun
Another term for scarlet fever.Such illnesses as flu, measles, scarlatina and type A hepatitis are most likely to strike during the period....
- Occurrence of tonsillopharyngitis, scarlatina and rheumatic fever was analyzed and GAS carrier status in healthy children was examined over a 9-yr period from 1991 to 1999.
- They were liable to pneumonia, respiratory, and tubercular diseases but were comparatively exempt from malaria, diphtheria, and scarlatina.
Origin
Early 19th century: modern Latin, from Italian scarlattina (feminine), based on scarlatto 'scarlet'.
Rhymes
- front desk
- front door
- Frontenac, Louis de Buade
- front end
- front-end load
- front-end loader
- front-fanged
- frontier
- frontierless
- frontier post
- frontiersman
- frontierswoman
- frontispiece
- frontisterion
- frontless
- frontlet
- front line
- front-line states
- front-load
- front loader
- frontman
- front matter
- front money
- frontmost
- front nine