scarlatine
French
Etymology
Borrowed from scientific Latin scarlatina (febris), as used by Thomas Sydenham in the first description of the disease.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /skaʁ.la.tin/
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Noun
scarlatine f (plural scarlatines)
- (pathology) scarlet fever
Further reading
- “scarlatine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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