Scarlet-fever
41fever — feverless, adj. /fee veuhr/, n. 1. an abnormal condition of the body, characterized by undue rise in temperature, quickening of the pulse, and disturbance of various body functions. 2. an abnormally high body temperature. 3. the number of degrees …
42scarlet — n. & adj. n. 1 a brilliant red colour tinged with orange. 2 clothes or material of this colour (dressed in scarlet). adj. of a scarlet colour. Phrases and idioms: scarlet fever an infectious bacterial fever, affecting esp. children, with a… …
43Fever, scarlet — Also called scarlatina, a disease caused by infection with group A streptococcal bacteria that occurs in a small proportion of people with strep throat. The incubation period between contracting strep and the onset of scarlet fever is short,… …
44scarlet woman — a prostitute The woman arrayed in purple and scarlet colour...THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS [Revelations, 17.4/5), whence any adulteress: The Colonel evidently objected to its presence in his house at the same time as his Scarlet Woman. (Sharpe …
45fever — fe|ver [ˈfi:və US ər] n [Date: 900 1000; : Latin; Origin: febris] 1.) [U and C] an illness or a medical condition in which you have a very high temperature ▪ Andy has a fever and won t be coming into work today. ▪ I woke up this morning with a… …
46fever — noun 1 (C, U) an illness or a medical condition in which you have a very high temperature: He s in bed with a fever. | Take some aspirin it ll help the fever to go down. see also: hay fever, scarlet fever, yellow fever 2 (singular) a situation in …
47fever — [[t]fi͟ːvə(r)[/t]] fevers 1) N VAR If you have a fever when you are ill, your body temperature is higher than usual and your heart beats faster. → See also , rheumatic fever, scarlet fever My Uncle Jim had a high fever... Symptoms of the disease… …
48fever — fe•ver [[t]ˈfi vər[/t]] n. 1) pat an abnormally high body temperature 2) pat any of various diseases in which high temperature is a prominent symptom, as scarlet fever or rheumatic fever 3) intense nervous excitement: in a fever of… …
49fever — n 1. fever, heat, Inf. temperature, Sl. temp; feverishness, febricity, Pathol. pyrexia; fire, inflammation, redness, flush, glow; All Pathol. scarlet fever, scarlatina, yellow fever, yellow jack, typhus fever, typhoid fever, malaria, ague,… …
50fever — Piwa, ma i kuni. ♦ Dengue fever, piwa ha iha i iwi. ♦ Scarlet fever, piwa ula ula. ♦ Typhoid fever, piwa ho onāwaliwali. ♦ Yellow fever, piwa lenalena. ♦ To get a fever, pi i ka wela …
