Measles

What do we mean by measles?

An acute, contagious viral disease, usually occurring in childhood and characterized by eruption of red spots on the skin, fever, and catarrhal symptoms. noun

Black measles. noun

Any of several other diseases, especially German measles, that cause similar but milder symptoms. noun

A condition of pork or beef caused by the presence of tapeworm larvae. noun

A plant disease, usually caused by fungi, that produces small spots on leaves, stems, or fruit. noun

A contagious disease of man, with an incubation period of about nine or ten days, and a period of invasion of about three or four days, in which there are pyrexia and rapid pulse, inflammation of the mucous membrane of the eyes and upper air-passages, and bronchitis, followed by an eruption of small rose-colored papulæ, which arrange themselves in curvilinear forms. noun

An old name for several diseases of swine or sheep, caused by the scolex or measle of a tapeworm, and characterized by reddish watery pustules on the skin, cough, feverishness, and discharge at the nostrils.—3. A disease of plants; any blight of leaves appearing in spots, whether due to the attacks of insects or to the action of weather. See measle, 1. noun

See measle. 2. noun

In photography, a defect in silver-printing consisting in semi-opaque blotches caused by imperfect fixation by the insoluble silver hyposulphite visible when the prints are held to the light. In time these spots become yellow. noun

Same as scarlet fever. noun

A contagious viral 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. It is a common childhood disease. noun

A disease of cattle and swine in which the flesh is filled with the embryos of different varieties of the tapeworm. noun

A disease of trees. noun

The larvæ of any tapeworm (Tænia) in the cysticerus stage, when contained in meat. Called also bladder worms. noun

A mild contagious viral disease, which may cause birth defects if contracted by a pregnant woman during early pregnancy; also called rubella. noun

Leprosy; also, a leper. noun

Plural form of measle. noun

Leprosy. noun

Rubeola, an acute highly contagious disease, (often of childhood) caused by a virus of genus Morbillivirus, featuring a spreading red skin rash, fever, runny nose, cough and red eyes noun

Rubeola, an acute highly contagious disease, often of childhood, caused by Measles virus, of genus Morbillivirus, featuring a spreading red skin rash, fever, runny nose, cough and red eyes

Any of several other similar diseases, such as German measles.

A disease of pigs and cattle, caused by larval tapeworms.

A disease of trees, in which the leaves are covered in spots.

Words that are spelled similarly to measles:
measles, measle, measled, teasles.

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Words that rhyme with measles:
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Adjectives that are often used to describe measles:
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Consonant match to measles:
muzzles.

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