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oboe(dictionary)
oboe(dictionary)
oboe da caccia(dictionary)
oboe d'amore(dictionary)
scarlet(dictionary)
Scarlet(medicine)
scarlet red(medicine)
scarlet(dictionary)
Scarlet fever(medicine)

Scarlet fever (health) and oboe (iou)


Scarlet fever (health)


Named for the bright red rash it produces, scarlet fever is caused by the bacteria responsible for strep throat and is most common in children between 2 and 10. The infection is treated with antibiotics.





oboe (iou)



oboe noun. E18.
[Italian formed as HAUTBOY.]
A double-reed woodwind instrument, forming the treble to the bassoon; a player of this instrument. E18.
An organ reed-stop imitating the oboe's penetrating tone. M19.
(Oboe.) A radar system used esp. in the 1940s to guide military aircraft, involving signals between two ground stations and a transponder in the aircraft. M20.
oboist noun a player of the oboe M19.