"scarlet fever" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-scarlet fever.wav Forms: scarlet fevers [plural]
Etymology: (attraction to soldiers): In allusion to the red coats they used to wear. Etymology templates: {{sense|attraction to soldiers}} (attraction to soldiers): Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} scarlet fever (countable and uncountable, plural scarlet fevers)
  1. (pathology) A streptococcal infection, mainly occurring among children, and characterized by a red skin rash, sore throat and fever. Wikidata QID: Q180266 Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Diseases, Bacterial diseases Synonyms: scarlatina Derived forms: scarlet fever erythrogenic toxin, miniature scarlet fever Translations (streptococcal infection): skarlatinë [feminine] (Albanian), քութեշ (kʻutʻeš) (Armenian), skarlatin (Azerbaijani), скарлати́на (skarlatína) [feminine] (Bulgarian), escarlatina [feminine] (Catalan), سوورەتا (sûreta) (Central Kurdish), 猩紅熱 /猩红热 (xīnghóngrè) (Chinese Mandarin), spála [feminine] (Czech), skarlatino (Esperanto), sarlakid [plural] (Estonian), tulirokko (Finnish), scarlatine [feminine] (French), ქუნთრუშა (kuntruša) (Georgian), Scharlach [masculine] (German), οστρακιά (ostrakiá) [feminine] (Greek), σκαρλατίνα (skarlatína) [feminine] (Greek), vörheny (Hungarian), skarlát (Hungarian), skarlatssótt [feminine] (Icelandic), fiabhras dearg [feminine] (Irish), scarlattina [feminine] (Italian), 猩紅熱 (shōkōnetsu) (alt: しょうこうねつ) (Japanese), អុតក្ដាម (ʼot kdaam) (Khmer), fièvre êcarlate [feminine] (Norman), soreta [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), skarlagensfeber [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), skarlaksfeber [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), szkarlatyna [feminine] (Polish), płonica [feminine] (Polish), escarlatina [feminine] (Portuguese), scarlatină [feminine] (Romanian), скарлати́на (skarlatína) [feminine] (Russian), fiabhras-dearg [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), šarlach [masculine] (Slovak), escarlatina [feminine] (Spanish), scharlakansfeber [common-gender] (Swedish), kızıl (Turkish), скарлати́на (skarlatýna) [feminine] (Ukrainian), y dwymyn goch [feminine] (Welsh)
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  2. (UK, slang, obsolete, uncountable) Romantic attraction to soldiers in preference to other people. Tags: UK, obsolete, slang, uncountable
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      "code": "ro",
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