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Measles Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Measles? [n] an acute and highly contagious viral disease marked by distinct red spots followed by a rash; occurs primarily in children Synonyms \| Synonyms for Measles: morbilli \| rubeola Related Terms \| Find terms related to Measles: acute articular rheumatism \| African lethargy \| ague \| alkali disease \| amebiasis \| amebic dysentery \| anthrax \| Asiatic cholera \| bacillary dysentery \| bastard measles \| black death \| black fever \| blackwater fever \| breakbone fever \| brucellosis \| bubonic plague \| cachectic fever \| cerebral rheumatism \| Chagres fever \| chicken pox \| cholera \| cowpox \| dandy fever \| deer fly fever \| dengue \| dengue fever \| diphtheria \| dumdum fever \| dysentery \| elephantiasis \| encephalitis lethargica \| enteric fever \| erysipelas \| famine fever \| five-day fever \| flu \| frambesia \| German measles \| glandular fever \| grippe \| hansenosis \| Haverhill fever \| hepatitis \| herpes \| herpes simplex \| herpes zoster \| histoplasmosis \| hookworm \| hydrophobia \| infantile paralysis \| infectious mononucleosis \| inflammatory rheumatism \| influenza \| jail fever \| jungle rot \| kala azar \| kissing disease \| lepra \| leprosy \| leptospirosis \| loa loa \| loaiasis \| lockjaw \| madness \| malaria \| malarial fever \| marsh fever \| meningitis \| milzbrand \| mumps \| ornithosis \| osteomyelitis \| paratyphoid fever \| parotitis \| parrot fever \| pertussis \| pneumonia \| polio \| poliomyelitis \| polyarthritis rheumatism \| ponos \| psittacosis \| rabbit fever \| rabies \| rat-bite fever \| relapsing fever \| rheumatic fever \| rickettsialpox \| ringworm \| scarlatina \| scarlet fever \| schistosomiasis \| septic sore throat \| shingles \| sleeping sickness \| sleepy sickness \| smallpox \| snail fever \| splenic fever \| spotted fever \| strep throat \| swamp fever \| tetanus \| thrush \| tinea \| trench fever \| trench mouth \| tuberculosis \| tularemia \| typhoid \| typhoid fever \| typhus \| typhus fever \| undulant fever \| vaccinia \| varicella \| variola \| venereal disease \| viral dysentery \| whooping cough \| yaws \| yellow fever \| yellow jack \| zona \| zoster See Also \| contagion \| contagious disease \| epidemic roseola \| German measles \| rubella \| three-day measles Measles In Webster's Dictionary \Mea"sles\, n. [From lst {Measle}.] Leprosy; also, a leper. [Obs.] \Mea"sles\, n.; pl. in form, but used as singular in senses 1, 2, & 3. [D. mazelen; akin to G. masern, pl., and E. mazer, and orig. meaning, little spots. See {Mazer}.] 1. (Med.) 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. Measles commences with the ordinary symptoms of fever. --Am. Cyc. 2. (Veter. Med.) A disease of cattle and swine in which the flesh is filled with the embryos of different varieties of the tapeworm. 3. A disease of trees. [Obs.] 4. pl. (Zo["o]l.) The larv[ae] of any tapeworm ({T[ae]nia}) in the cysticerus stage, when contained in meat. Called also {bladder worms}.

Measles Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Measles?

[n] an acute and highly contagious viral disease marked by distinct red spots followed by a rash; occurs primarily in children

Synonyms | Synonyms for Measles: morbilli | rubeola

Measles In Webster's Dictionary

\Mea"sles\, n. [From lst {Measle}.]
Leprosy; also, a leper. [Obs.]


\Mea"sles\, n.; pl. in form, but used as singular in
senses 1, 2, & 3. [D. mazelen; akin to G. masern, pl., and E.
mazer, and orig. meaning, little spots. See {Mazer}.]
1. (Med.) 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.

         Measles commences with the ordinary symptoms of
         fever.                                --Am. Cyc.



2. (Veter. Med.) A disease of cattle and swine in which the
   flesh is filled with the embryos of different varieties of
   the tapeworm.

3. A disease of trees. [Obs.]

4. pl. (Zo["o]l.) The larv[ae] of any tapeworm ({T[ae]nia})
   in the cysticerus stage, when contained in meat. Called
   also {bladder worms}.

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