n. See scarlet fever. [New Latin (febris) scarlatina, scarlet (fever), from Italian scarlattina, feminine of scarlattino, scarlet, diminutive of scarlatto, from Persian saqirlāt; see SCARLET.] scar′la·tinal adj. |
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