FIFTH DISEASE


Meaning of FIFTH DISEASE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

Etymology: from its enumeration as the fifth of five exanthematous childhood diseases known at the time of its description

Date: circa 1941

: an acute disease especially of children caused by a parvovirus species ( B19 virus of the genus Erythrovirus ) and characterized by fever, malaise, and a blotchy red rash on the cheeks which spreads to the extremities

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.