roseola
[roh-zee-uh-luh, roh-zee-oh-luh]
- a kind of rose-colored rash.
- rubella.
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Origin of roseola
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Erythema, or roseola as it is differently called, is apt to present itself about the second or third week76 after birth.
Rose′-quartz, a transparent quartz; Rose′-rash (see Roseola).
Roseola claims that Tiffany makes a right smart of her brother, and sets a heap by him.
Eczema, roseola, elephantiasis, presented a long array of doleful victims.
The Three Cities Trilogy, CompleteEmile Zola
Before medication had had time to make any impression on the disease, roseola appeared.
The Electric BathGeorge M. Schweig
roseola
- a feverish condition of young children that lasts for some five days during the last two of which the patient has a rose-coloured rash. It is caused by the human herpes virus
- any red skin eruption or rash
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Word Origin
C19: from New Latin, diminutive of Latin roseus rosy
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roseola
(rō-zē′ə-lə, rō′zē-ō′lə)- A rose-colored skin rash, sometimes occurring with diseases such as measles, syphilis, or scarlet fever.
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