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SCARLET FEVER

Pronunciation (US):

• SCARLET FEVER (noun)
The noun SCARLET FEVER has 1 sense:

1. an acute communicable disease (usually in children) characterized by fever and a red rash

Familiarity information: SCARLET FEVER used as a noun is very rare.

• SCARLET FEVER (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

An acute communicable disease (usually in children) characterized by fever and a red rash

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

scarlatina; scarlet fever

Hypernyms ("scarlet fever" is a kind of...):

contagion; contagious disease (any disease easily transmitted by contact)

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