English Dictionary

scarlet fever

名詞

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(medicine) A streptococcal infection, mainly occurring among children, and characterized by a red skin rash, sore throat and fever.

日本語の意味

猩紅熱：主に小児に見られる溶連菌感染症で、赤い発疹、喉の痛み、発熱を特徴とする

When the pediatrician suspected scarlet fever, she ordered a throat culture and started antibiotic treatment immediately.

小児科医が猩紅熱を疑ったとき、喉の培養検査を指示し、すぐに抗生物質の治療を始めた。

意味（1）

(medicine) A streptococcal infection, mainly occurring among children, and characterized by a red skin rash, sore throat and fever.

I am sure, replied Mrs. Palmer, "if it were not wicked, I should be glad that you had the scarlet fever; I am so much happier since I knew you...

意味（2）

(UK, slang, obsolete, uncountable) Romantic attraction to soldiers in preference to other people.

According to Henry Mayhew, it was here that housemaids and nursemaids walking in the park to and from their place of work often first encountered “the all powerful red coat” and “succumbed to Scarlet Fever.” Soldiers were by no means unaware of the impact their dashing uniforms and well-groomed military air could have on young women, and deployed these features to their advantage.

scarlet fevers （ plural ）