fifth disease
Meaning
Noun
- The manifestation as rashes of an infection by erythrovirus.
Related
Similar words
- erythema infectiosum
- slap face
- slapcheek
- slapped cheek syndrome
- slapped face
Origin
- Historically classified as the fifth of the classical childhood skin rashes or exanthems, after measles, scarlet fever, rubella, and Dukes' disease.
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