scarlatina

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

scarlatina
    n 1: an acute communicable disease (usually in children)
         characterized by fever and a red rash [syn: {scarlet
         fever}, {scarlatina}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Scarlatina \Scar`la*ti"na\, n. [NL.: cf. F. scarlatine. See
   {Scarlet}.] (Med.)
   Scarlet fever. -- {Scar`la*ti"nal}, a. -- {Scar*lat"i*nous}
   (# or #), a.
   [1913 Webster]

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