A childhood disease; a disease that is common among (or only affects) children. · Teething troubles; problems that are to be expected with any new and untried product, system, or venture.
köken: Compound of barn (“child”) + sjukdom (“disease”). First attested in 1734, possibly after German Kinderkrankheit (16th c.). Compare also Danish børnesygdom, Norwegian barnesykdom.
Hos barn foͤrdrifwer den allehanda ſlags maſkar och kan eljes i alla tilſtoͤtande Barnſjukdomar, ſåſom den baͤſta Guld-tinctur, brukas.