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fifth disease
noun
Pathology. a mild infection, most often seen in children or young adults, caused by a small virus (the human parvovirus B19) and marked by a blotchy rash on the cheeks, arms, and legs.
Also called erythema infectiosum.
Origin:
so called because it was the fifth in a classification scheme of childhood eruptive diseases
so called because it was the fifth in a classification scheme of childhood eruptive diseases
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World English Dictionary
| fifth disease | |
| —n | |
| Also called: slapped-cheek disease, Technical name: erythema infectiosum a mild infectious disease of childhood, caused by a virus, characterized by fever and a red rash spreading from the cheeks to the limbs and trunk | |
| [C20: from its being among the five most common childhood infections] | |
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Medical Dictionary
fifth disease n.
See erythema infectiosum.
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