roseola
Americannoun
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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
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any red skin eruption or rash
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Origin of roseola
1810–20; < New Latin, equivalent to Latin rose ( us ) rose-colored + -ola -ole 1
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HHV-6B infects roughly 90 percent of children by age two and is best known for causing roseola infantum -- or "sixth disease" -- the most common cause of febrile seizures in young children.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 7, 2026
The disease is characterized by respiratory symptoms, fever, conjunctivitis and a rash that can be mistaken for roseola, scarlet fever or other viral infections.
From New York Times ● Jan. 24, 2024
Idyia roseola seen from the broad side, half natural size; a anal opening, b lateral tube, c circular tube, d e f g h rows of locomotive flappers.
From Seaside Studies in Natural History Marine Animals of Massachusetts Bay. Radiates. by Alexander Agassiz
They belong to the exanthematous class, and comprise roseola, erythema, urticaria, and rarely vesicular eruptions.37 But, instead of them, there may occur destructive tissue-lesions in the form of abscesses or ulcers.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
They are, chiefly, and in general terms, exanthems, including erythema, roseola, and urticaria, and in addition herpes, particularly of the lips.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
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