scarlatina
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
- scarlatinal adjective
- scarlatinous adjective
Etymology
Origin of scarlatina
1795–1805; < New Latin ( febris ) scarlatina scarlet fever, derivative of Medieval Latin scarlata scarlet (cloth); see scarlet, -ine 1
Example Sentences
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As healthy as my lifestyle seemed, I contracted measles, mumps, rubella, a type of viral meningitis, scarlatina, whooping cough, yearly tonsillitis, and chickenpox.
From Slate • Jan. 6, 2014
Obsessive to prove himself in his war on scarlatina, diphtheria, pneumonia and typhoid, Brosan became a tyrant against all filth.
From Newsweek
They also took sick with colds, fevers, measles, scarlatina, scarlet fever, chicken-pox—in the springtime.
From Time Magazine Archive
They are more especially required in the anginose variety and in those not infrequent cases in which diphtheria complicates scarlatina.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
Litchfield claims that it is a concealed scarlatina, and Hillier that it has some connection with it.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
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