From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishscarlet feverˌscarlet ˈfever (also scarlatina /ˌskɑːləˈtiːnə $ ˌskɑːr-/) noun [uncountable] MIa serious infectious illness that mainly affects children, causing a sore throat and red spots on your skin
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scarlet fever• You see, it turned out to be scarlet fever, which is a notifiable disease.• Children were carried off by diphtheria, scarlet fever, and measles.• And she had scarlet fever, but she never complained.• The throat burns like coals of fire; the skin burns in scarlet fever and inflammations; gastritis burns.• A severe bout of scarlet fever as a boy left him so deaf that he was unable to attend school.• An outbreak of scarlet fever had taken the nine-year-old twins in little more than a week.• He didn't have meningitis, or scarlet fever.• Smallpox, tuberculosis, influenza, pneumonia, plague, scarlet fever, diarrhea. 