roseolous

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• Roseolous — Roseola Ro*se o*la, n. [NL., dim. of L. rosa a rose.] (med.) A rose colored efflorescence upon the skin, occurring in circumscribed patches of little or no elevation and often alternately fading and reviving; also, an acute specific disease which …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Fever — Although a fever technically is any body temperature above the normal of 98.6 degrees F. (37 degrees C.), in practice a person is usually not considered to have a significant fever until the temperature is above 100.4 degrees F (38 degrees C.).… …   Medical dictionary

• roseola —   n. rash of rose coloured patches; rose rash.    ♦ roseoliform,    ♦ roseolous,    ♦ roseolar, a …   Dictionary of difficult words

• roseola — n. 1 a rosy rash in measles and similar diseases. 2 a mild febrile disease of infants. Derivatives: roseolar adj. roseolous adj. Etymology: mod. var. of RUBEOLA f. L roseus rose coloured …   Useful english dictionary