りんご病びょう

noun

slapped cheek syndrome; fifth disease; erythema infectiosum

Colloquial Japanese term for erythema infectiosum, a common childhood viral illness causing a bright red rash on the cheeks. The medical term is 伝染性紅斑.

See also: 伝染性紅斑

• 子こどもがりんご病びょうにかかって、頬ほほが真まっ赤かになった。

  My child caught slapped cheek syndrome and their cheeks turned bright red.

• りんご病びょうは正せい式しきには伝でん染せん性せい紅こう斑はんと呼よばれます。

  Slapped cheek syndrome is formally called erythema infectiosum.