pseudorubella

9.9

A short illness in babies and young children with high fever, mild sore throat, and a pink rash

noun
/ˌsuːdoʊruˈbɛlə/

Specialized

: pseudorubeola

The doctor diagnosed the child with pseudorubella after noticing the brief rash and high fever.

Examples

Parents should be aware that pseudorubella usually resolves on its own without complications.
Cases of pseudorubella are often mistaken for more serious illnesses like measles or rubella.
The doctor diagnosed the child with pseudorubella.
Many infants suffer from pseudorubella each year.
The doctor diagnosed the child with pseudorubella after noticing the brief rash and high fever.
Parents should be aware that pseudorubella usually resolves on its own without complications.
Cases of pseudorubella are often mistaken for more serious illnesses like measles or rubella.

Synonyms

roseola infantum

vspseudorubella

Specialized

8.8

A short illness in babies and young children with sudden high fever then a pale pink rash

is the identical illness term differing only by naming or form

roseola infantilis

vspseudorubella

Specialized

6.5

An illness that begins with a sudden high fever and a short pink rash

is the same medical concept but varies only in term choice

exanthema subitum

vspseudorubella

Specialized

8.6

A short illness in infants caused by a virus with sudden high fever and brief pink rash

is the same condition expressed using an alternate clinical name

Surface Forms

pseudorubella singular

pseudorubellas plural

Morphology

pseudorubella = rubella (semi-transparent) = pseudo + rubella

The word clearly combines pseudo- with rubella, but the medical sense is specialized and denotes a rubella-like illness rather than rubella itself.

Etymology

Pseudorubella is made of the parts pseudo- meaning 'false' and rubella which comes from a word meaning 'red' (like ruby). So pseudorubella is a 'false rubella' — an illness that looks like rubella with a short red rash and fever but is not the same disease.