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Noun: roseola  row'zee-u-lu or ,row-zee'ow-lu
  1. Any red eruption of the skin
    "The baby's roseola cleared up after a few days";
    - rash, efflorescence, skin rash
     
  2. (medicine) a specific viral infection common in young children characterized by high fever followed by a pink rash
    "The pediatrician diagnosed the child with roseola after the fever broke"

Derived forms: roseolas

Type of: eruption

Encyclopedia: Roseola