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Definition: Scarlatina |
ScarlatinaNoun1. An acute communicable disease (usually in children) characterized by fever and a red rash. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "scarlatina" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1854. (references) |
Etymology: Scarlatina \Scar`la*ti"na\, noun. [NL.: compare to the French expression scarlatine. See Scarlet.]. (Websters 1913) |
"Scarlatina" is a common misspelling or typo for: charlatan, saltine. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Health | Scarlet fever. (references) |
Medicine | An acute infectious disease caused by strains of haemolytic streptococci. Source: European Union. (references) |
| An acute communicable disease characterised by fever, strawberry-coloured tongue, and a typical rash starting on the neck and chest and spreading to the abdomen and limbs, caused by the bacterium streptococcus scarlatinae. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| An acute contagious childhood disease caused by a hemolytic streptococcus; called also scarlatina. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: ScarlatinaSynonym: scarlet fever (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Disease | Ague, angina pectoris, appendicitis; Asiatic cholera, spasmodic cholera; biliary calculus, kidney stone, black death, bubonic plague, pneumonic plague; blennorrhagia, blennorrhoea; blood poisoning, bloodstroke, bloody flux, brash; breakbone fever, dengue fever, malarial fever, Q-fever; heart attack, cardiac arrest, cardiomyopathy; hardening of the arteries, arteriosclerosis, atherosclerosis; bronchocele, canker rash, cardialgia, carditis, endocarditis; cholera, asphyxia; chlorosis, chorea, cynanche, dartre; enanthem, enanthema; erysipelas; exanthem, exanthema; gallstone, goiter, gonorrhea, green sickness; grip, grippe, influenza, flu; hay fever, heartburn, heaves, rupture, hernia, hemorrhoids, piles, herpes, itch, king's evil, lockjaw; measles, mumps, polio; necrosis, pertussis, phthisis, pneumonia, psora, pyaemia, pyrosis, quinsy, rachitis, ringworm, rubeola, St. Vitus's dance, scabies, scarlatina, scarlet fever, scrofula, seasickness, struma, syntexis, tetanus, tetter, tonsillitis, tonsilitis, tracheocele, trachoma, trismus, varicella, varicosis, variola, water qualm, whooping cough; yellow fever, yellow jack. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Scarlatina |
| Non-English Usage: "Scarlatina" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Danish (scarlatina), Dutch (scarlatina). |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
scarlatina | 26 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "scarlatina"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | skarlatinë (scarlet fever). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | حمى قرمزية (scarlet fever). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | скарлатина (scarlet fever). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | spála (scarlet fever). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | scarlatina (scarlet fever). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | scarlatina (scarlet fever). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | scarlatine (scarlet fever). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Scharlach (scarlet, scarlet fever). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | οστρακιά (scarlet fever). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | vörheny (scarlet fever). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | scarlattina (scarlet, scarlet fever). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | yn chiassagh jiarg (scarlet fever). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | arlatinascay escarlatina (scarlet fever). (various references) scarlatinã (scarlet fever). (various references) скарлатина (scarlet fever). (various references) šarlah. (various references) escarlatina (scarlet fever). (various references) scharlakansfeber (scarlet fever). (various references) kızıl hastalığı (scarlet fever), kızıl (lurid, red, rusty, scarlet fever). (various references) скарлатина. (various references) bệnh tinh h"ng nhiệt. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "scarlatina": scarlatinal, scarlatinas. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "scarlatina" (pronounced 'Scar`la*ti"na'): Abuna, Achatina, Alcanna, Alhenna, Alumna, Amphirhina, Amphisbaena, Angina, Anna, Anona, Antenna, arena, Avena, Avifauna, Banana, Becuna, BELLADONNA, Bellona, Carina, Casuarina, Catena, Cavatina, Concertina, Coquina, Cromorna, Curtana, Czarevna, Czarina, Damiana, DIANA, Discina, Diurna, Donna, Dracaena, Duenna, Echidna, Erythrina, Etna, Farina, Fauna, Galena, Gehenna, Gena, Globigerina, Glucina, Guana, Guna, Haematophlina, Hemina, henna, Hosanna, Hydrina, HYENA, iguana, Ingena, Jambolana, Kerana, Khenna, Krishna, lacuna, Lagena, Lena, Levana, Limacina, Linguatulina, Littorina, Luna, Madonna, Madrina, manna, Marena, Marikina, Meandrina, melaena, melena, Meminna, Mishna, Molybdena, Mona, Monorhina, Muraena, myna, Nagana, Nemertina, Neritina, Ngina, Nicotiana, Nirvana, Ocarina, Oculina, Orbulina, ozena, Paludina, Parapherna, Pedicellina, Pediculina, Penna, Persona, Phagedena, Phalaena, Philopena, Piscina, Poinciana, Polycystina, Pomona, Pseudo-china, Pseudo-galena, Puna, Purana, Pyrena, Quinquina, Rana, Salamandrina, Salina, Sarcina, savanna, Scena, semolina, senna, Seraphina, sienna, signorina, Sonatina, Strepsorhina, sultana, Sunna, Tel-el-Amarna, Tellina, Thana, tramontana, trichina, Tridacna, Trona, ulna, Vaccina, Vacuna, vagina, Varuna, Velutina, Vena, Vitrina, Vitro-di-trina, Wenona, Zenana, Zona. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-a-c-i-l-n-r-s-t" | |
-1 letter: artisanal. | |
-2 letters: cantalas, salariat, santalic. | |
-3 letters: acrasia, acrasin, actinal, antiars, anticar, arnicas, artisan, canasta, cantala, carinal, carinas, caritas, carlins, catlins, citrals, cranial, lariats, latrias, narcist, ratlins, satanic, talaria, tincals, tsarina. | |
-4 letters: acinar, actins, alants, altars, antiar, antics, antral, arcana, arista, arnica, aslant, astral, atrial, cairns, canals, carats, carina, carlin, carnal, casita, catlin, citral, craals, crania, crista, instal, instar, lanais, lariat, lascar, latria, lianas, linacs, nairas, narial, nasial, nastic, racial, racist, rascal, ratals, ratans, ratlin, riatas, rictal, sacral, salina, sancta, santir, satara, scalar, strain, talars, tarnal, tarsal, tarsia, tiaras, ticals, tincal, trails, trains, triacs, trials, trinal. | |
-5 letters: acari, actin, airns, airts, alans, alant, alias, alist, altar, anils, anlas, antas, antic, antis, antra, arias, arils, artal, asana, astir, atlas, atria, cains, cairn, canal, canst, cants, carat, carls, carns, carts, clans, clast, clits, craal, laari, laics, lairs, lanai, laris, liana, liars, linac, lints, liras, litas, nails, naira, narcs, naric, naris, nasal, natal, raias, rails, rains, ranis, rants, ratal, ratan, rials, riant, riata, sacra, saint, salic, saran, sarin, satin, scant, scart, sitar, slain, slant, snail, snarl, stain, stair, stria, tails, tains, talar, talas, talcs, tarns, tarsi, tiara, tical, tirls, trail, train, trans, triac, trial. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-a-c-i-l-n-r-s-t" | |
+1 letter: scarlatinal, scarlatinas. | |
+2 letters: cardinalates, charlatanism. | |
+3 letters: abstractional, ascertainable, astronautical, charlatanisms, charlatanries, intravascular, transactional, transatlantic. | |
+4 letters: antibacterials, antiradicalism, sacramentalism, sacramentalist. | |
+5 letters: antiradicalisms, astronautically, desacralization, grammaticalness, intravascularly, pantisocratical, radicalizations, recanalizations, sacramentalisms, sacramentalists, vascularization. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 63 61 72 6C 61 74 69 6E 61 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... -.-. .- .-. .-.. .- - .. -. .- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01100011 01100001 01110010 01101100 01100001 01110100 01101001 01101110 01100001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S c a r l a t i n a |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0063 0061 0072 006C 0061 0074 0069 006E 0061 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)53696784786786758067 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Expressions: Internet 6. Translations: Modern 7. Derivations 8. Rhymes | 9. Anagrams 10. Orthography 11. Bibliography |
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