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Webster 1913 Edition


Roseola

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Ro-se′o-la

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Noun.
[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 is characterized by an eruption of this character; – called also
rose rash
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Ro-se′o-lous
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Adj.