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1. (n.) measles
(used with a sing. or pl. v.)
2. measles
an acute infectious disease caused by a paramyxovirus, characterized by small red spots, fever, and coldlike symptoms, usu. occurring in childhood; rubeola.
3. measles
any of certain other eruptive diseases, esp. rubella.
4. measles
a disease mostly of domestic swine caused by tapeworm larvae in the flesh.
5. measles
the larvae.
Etymology: (1275–1325; alter. of maseles (pl.), prob. < MD
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| Definition of 'measles' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) measles, rubeola, morbilli
an acute and highly contagious viral disease marked by distinct red spots followed by a rash; occurs primarily in children
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1. (noun) measles
a disease causing a high fever and red spots on the body
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) measles
leprosy; also, a leper
2. (noun) measles
a contagious febrile disorder commencing with catarrhal symptoms, and marked by the appearance on the third day of an eruption of distinct red circular spots, which coalesce in a crescentic form, are slightly raised above the surface, and after the fourth day of the eruption gradually decline; rubeola
3. (noun) measles
a disease of cattle and swine in which the flesh is filled with the embryos of different varieties of the tapeworm
4. (noun) measles
a disease of trees
5. (noun) measles
the larvae of any tapeworm (Taenia) in the cysticerus stage, when contained in meat. Called also bladder worms
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U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. measles
A highly contagious infectious disease caused by MORBILLIVIRUS, common among children but also seen in the nonimmune of any age, in which the virus enters the respiratory tract via droplet nuclei and multiplies in the epithelial cells, spreading throughout the MONONUCLEAR PHAGOCYTE SYSTEM.
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Sense: an infectious disease accompanied by red spots on the skin
People usually get measles in childhood.
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 Afrikaans: masels |
 Arabic: حَصْبَه، حُمَيْراء |
 Bulgarian: дребна шарка |
 Brazilian: sarampo |
 Czech: spalničky |
 German: die Masern (pl.) |
 Danish: mæslinger |
 Greek: ιλαρά |
 Spanish: sarampión |
 Estonian: leetrid |
 Farsi: سرخک |
 Finnish: tuhkarokko |
 French: rougeole |
 Hebrew: חַצֶבֶת |
 Hindi: खसरा |
 Croatian: ospice |
 Hungarian: kanyaró |
 Indonesian: cacar air |
 Icelandic: mislingar |
 Italian: morbillo |
 Japanese: はしか |
 Korean: 홍역 |
 Lithuanian: tymai |
 Latvian: masalas |
 Malay: campak |
 Dutch: mazelen |
 Norwegian: meslinger |
 Polish: odra |
 Persian: سرخكان |
 Pashto: شرى |
 Portuguese: sarampo |
 Romanian: pojar |
 Russian: корь |
 Slovak: osýpky |
 Slovenian: ošpice |
 Serbian: male boginje |
 Swedish: mässling |
 Thai: โรคหัด |
 Turkish: kızamık |
 Taiwanese: 麻疹 |
 Ukrainian: кір |
 Urdu: خسرہ یا کھسرہ |
 Vietnamese: bệnh sởi |
 Chinese: 麻疹 |
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