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ROSEOLA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any red eruption of the skin
Synonyms:
efflorescence; rash; roseola; skin rash
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("roseola" is a kind of...):
eruption (symptom consisting of a breaking out and becoming visible)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "roseola"):
heat rash; miliaria; prickly heat (obstruction of the sweat ducts during high heat and humidity)
hives; nettle rash; urticaria; urtication (an itchy skin eruption characterized by weals with pale interiors and well-defined red margins; usually the result of an allergic response to insect bites or food or drugs)
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