Twitter Google Share on Facebook fifth disease (redirected fromSlapped cheek) Thesaurus Medical Encyclopedia fifth disease n. A usually mild disease, primarily of children, that is caused by a parvovirus and is characterized by fever, a prominent, often bright red rash on the cheeks that may spr...
(Pathology) a mild infectious disease of childhood, caused by a virus, characterized by fever and a red rash spreading from the cheeks to the limbs and trunk. Also called:slapped-cheek diseaseTechnical name:erythema infectiosum [C20: from its being among the five most common childhood infection...