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Definition: Scarlet Fever |
Scarlet FeverNoun1. 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. |
| Domain | Definition |
Dream Interpretation | To dream of scarlet fever, foretells you are in danger of sickness, or in the power of an enemy. To dream a relative dies suddenly with it, foretells you will be overcome by villainous treachery. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Health | Infection with group A streptococci that is characterized by tonsillitis and pharyngitis. An erythematous rash is commonly present. (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: Scarlet FeverSynonym: scarlatina (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: Scarlet Fever |
| English words defined with "scarlet fever": Canker rash ♦ Dick test ♦ strep, streptococci, streptococcus. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "scarlet fever": Streptococcus pyogenes. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Scarlet fever, high temperatures, concussions? (A Nightmare On Elm Street; writing credit: Wes Craven) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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In the last century, infections by Streptococcus pyogenes, (S. hemolyticus), claimed many lives, especially since the organism was the most important cause of puerperal fever and scarlet fever. Streptococci. Credit: CDC. | A pus specimen, viewed using Pappenheim's stain. Last century, infections by S. pyogenes claimed many lives especially since the organism was the most important cause of puerperal fever and scarlet fever. Streptococci. Credit: CDC. | ||
![]() | Scarlet Fever : Keep out of this house / Buckley & Curtin. Credit: National Library of Medicine. | ![]() | Quarantine Scarlet Fever. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
![]() | [A scarlet fever patient recieves care]. Credit: National Library of Medicine. | ||
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | The child had scarlet fever. (references) | |
Dengue is commonly confused with other infectious illnesses such as influenza, measles, malaria, typhoid, leptospirosis, and scarlet fever. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; 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 |
scarlet fever | 714 |
scarlet fever picture | 35 |
child with scarlet fever | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "scarlet fever"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | skarlatinë (scarlatina), fruth i zi, fruth i keq. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | حمى قرمزية (scarlatina). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | скарлатина (scarlatina). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 喉痧 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | spála (scarlatina). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | skarlagensfeber (scarlatina), scarlatina (scarlatina). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | scarlatina (scarlatina), roodvonk (scarlatina). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | tulirokko. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | scarlatine (scarlatina). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Scharlachfieber, Scharlach (scarlatina, scarlet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | οστρακιά (scarlatina). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | skarlát (scarlet), vörheny (scarlatina). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | scarlattina (scarlatina, scarlet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 猩紅熱 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | しょう"うねつ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | yn chiassagh jiarg (scarlatina). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | arletscay everfay escarlatina (scarlatina). (various references) scarlatinã (scarlatina). (various references) скарлатина (scarlatina). (various references) šarlahna groznica. (various references) escarlatina (scarlatina). (various references) scharlakansfeber (scarlatina). (various references) kızıl hastalığı (scarlatina), kızıl (lurid, red, rusty, scarlatina). (various references) tдjihoraz, hцrezek. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Scarlet Fever" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: scarlett fever. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-e-f-l-r-r-s-t-v" | |
-3 letters: cervelats, cleverest, falterers, recreates, revealers, travelers. | |
-4 letters: alterers, arrestee, carefree, caterers, cervelas, cervelat, clearers, clearest, cleavers, cleverer, elevates, erecters, falterer, ferrates, fleecers, leverets, ravelers, realters, recrates, recreate, reelects, reerects, reflates, reflects, refracts, relaters, releaser, retraces, revealer, revelers, reversal, secreter, slaverer, teaseler, terraces, traveler, traverse, treacles. | |
-5 letters: afreets, alerter, alterer, careers, carrels, cartels, carters. | |
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