GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Measles , n. [From 1st Measle.] Leprosy; also, a leper. [Obs.]
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   Measles, 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.]
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   (Med.) 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.
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   Measles commences with the ordinary symptoms of fever.
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   (Veter. Med.) A disease of cattle and swine in which the flesh is filled with the embryos of different varieties of the tapeworm.
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   A disease of trees. [Obs.]
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   pl. (Zool.) The larvae of any tapeworm (Taenia) in the cysticerus stage, when contained in meat.  Called also bladder worms.
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   German measles A mild contagious viral disease, which may cause birth defects if contracted by a pregnant woman during early pregnancy; also called rubella.
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