scarlatine

French

Etymology

Borrowed from scientific Latin scarlatina (febris), as used by Thomas Sydenham in the first description of the disease.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /scaʁlatin/

Noun

scarlatine f (plural scarlatines)

(medicine) scarlet fever

Further reading

“scarlatine” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

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