Meanings
- uncountablemedicineA childhood disease caused by human herpesvirus, and characterised by a high-grade fever and a rash which appears as the fever is seemingly resolving.
Synonyms: roseola, sixth disease, three-day fever, exanthema subitum
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA childhood disease caused by human herpesvirus, and characterised by a high-grade fever and a rash which appears as the fever is seemingly resolving.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna viral disease of infants and young children; characterized by abrupt high fever and mild sore throat; a few days later there is a faint pinkish rash that lasts for a few hours to a few days
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinroseola īnfantum“a rosy (rash) of the infant”
- Englishroseola infantum
Borrowed from Latin roseola īnfantum (“a rosy (rash) of the infant”).
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Chinese Mandarin 小兒急疹 /小儿急疹, 幼兒急疹 /幼儿急疹
- 小兒急疹 /小儿急疹 (xiǎo'ér jízhěn)disease
- 幼兒急疹 /幼儿急疹 (yòu'ér jízhěn)disease
- 急疹 (jízhěn)disease
Polish rumień nagły, trzydniówka
- rumień nagłydisease
- trzydniówkadisease
Vietnamese sốt phát ban
- sốt phát bandisease
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roseola infantum. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/roseola%20infantum
“roseola infantum.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/roseola%20infantum. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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