scarlatinoid

[ skahr-luh-tee-noid, skahr-lat-n-oid ]

adjective

, Pathology.

1. resembling scarlatina or its eruptions.

Other Words From

• postscar·la·tinoid adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of scarlatinoid¹

First recorded in 1885–90; scarlatin(a) + -oid

Example Sentences

This scarlatinoid rash, however, never occupies the whole surface of the body, but only limited regions, and in other situations may be detected the characteristic discrete papules of rubeola; the color is not uniform, but is broken here and there by the darker streaks and spots of the measly eruption.

From Project Gutenberg

Erythematous and scarlatinoid; usually no febrile disturbance, and desquamation seldom follows.

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Scarlatinoid and urticarial, and exceptionally purpuric; in rare instances, if drug is continued, eruption becomes vesicular, hemorrhagic, ulcerative and even gangrenous.

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Erythematous and scarlatinoid, and sometimes urticarial.

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