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measles |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Measles \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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Measles \Mea"sles\, n. [From lst {Measle}.] Leprosy; also a leper. [Obs.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: measles n : an acute and highly contagious viral disease marked by distinct red spots followed by a rash; occurs primarily in children [syn: {rubeola}, {morbilli}]
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