roseola

[ roh-zee-uh-luh, roh-zee-oh-luh ]

nounPathology.
  1. a kind of rose-colored rash.

Origin of roseola

1
1810–20; <New Latin, equivalent to Latin rose(us) rose-colored + -ola-ole1

Other words from roseola

  • ro·se·o·lar, adjective

Words Nearby roseola

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British Dictionary definitions for roseola

roseola

/ (rəʊˈziːələ) /


nounpathol
  1. a feverish condition of young children that lasts for some five days during the last two of which the patient has a rose-coloured rash. It is caused by the human herpes virus

  2. any red skin eruption or rash

Origin of roseola

1
C19: from New Latin, diminutive of Latin roseus rosy

Derived forms of roseola

  • roseolar, adjective

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