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Webster 1913 Edition


Roseola


Ro-se′o-la

,
Noun.
[NL., dim. of L.
rosa
a rose.]
(med.)
A rose-colored efflorescence upon the skin, occurring in circumscribed patches of little or no elevation and often alternately fading and reviving; also, an acute specific disease which is characterized by an eruption of this character; – called also
rose rash
.
Ro-se′o-lous
(#)
,
Adj.

Definition 2024


roseola

roseola

See also: roséola

English

Noun

roseola (countable and uncountable, plural roseolas or roseolae)

  1. (pathology) Any rosy rash that occurs with various fevers, especially that occurring with a mild disease of early infancy that resembles measles.
  2. (pathology) German measles.

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  • roseola in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913