roseola

roseola [roh-zee-uh-luh, roh-zee-oh-luh] ExamplesWord Origin noun Pathology.

1. a kind of rose-colored rash.
2. rubella.

Origin of roseola 1810–20; New Latin, equivalent to Latin rose(us) rose-colored + -ola -ole1 Related formsro·se·o·lar, adjective Examples from the Web for roseola Historical Examples of roseola

Erythema, or roseola as it is differently called, is apt to present itself about the second or third week76 after birth.

A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II

Various

Rose′-quartz, a transparent quartz; Rose′-rash (see Roseola).

Chambers’s Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R)

Various

Roseola claims that Tiffany makes a right smart of her brother, and sets a heap by him.

Nye and Riley’s Wit and Humor (Poems and Yarns)

Bill Nye

Eczema, roseola, elephantiasis, presented a long array of doleful victims.

The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete

Emile Zola

Before medication had had time to make any impression on the disease, roseola appeared.

The Electric Bath

George M. Schweig

British Dictionary definitions for roseola roseola noun pathol

1. a feverish condition of young children that lasts for some five days during the last two of which the patient has a rose-coloured rash. It is caused by the human herpes virus
2. any red skin eruption or rash

Derived Formsroseolar, adjectiveWord Origin for roseola C19: from New Latin, diminutive of Latin roseus rosy roseola in Medicine roseola [rō-zē′ə-lə, rō′zē-ō′lə] n.

1. A rose-colored skin rash, sometimes occurring with diseases such as measles, syphilis, or scarlet fever.