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Noun: scarlatina  ,skaa(r)-lu'tee-nu
  1. An acute communicable disease (usually in children) characterized by fever and a red rash
    "Before antibiotics, scarlatina was a major cause of childhood mortality";
    - scarlet fever

Derived forms: scarlatinas

Type of: contagion, contagious disease

Encyclopedia: Scarlatina