scarlatine

French

Etymology

Borrowed from scientific Latin scarlatina (febris), as used by Thomas Sydenham in the first description of the disease.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /skaʁ.la.tin/
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Noun

scarlatine f (plural scarlatines)

  1. (pathology) scarlet fever

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