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measles

noun

1 measles

An acute and highly contagious viral disease marked by distinct red spots followed by a rash; occurs primarily in children.

synonyms: morbilli, rubeola.

Roget 655: disease; illness, sickness etc. adj.; ailing &c.; all the ills that flesh is heir to" [Hamlet]; morbidity, morbosity; infirmity, ailment, indisposition; ... show more

Dutch: mazelen
Polish: odra


Moby thesaurus: African lethargy, Asiatic cholera, Chagres fever, German measles, Haverhill fever, acute articular rheumatism, ague, alkali disease, amebiasis, amebic dysentery, anthrax, bacillary dysentery, bastard measles, black death, black fever, blackwater fever, breakbone fever, brucellosis, bubonic plague, cachectic fever ... show more.

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