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measles definition and meaning

n. A leper.
n. A tapeworm larva. See 2d Measles, 4.
n. Leprosy; also, a leper.
n. 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.
n. A disease of cattle and swine in which the flesh is filled with the embryos of different varieties of the tapeworm.
n. A disease of trees.
n. The larvae of any tapeworm (Taenia) in the cysticerus stage, when contained in meat. Called also bladder worms.

Crossword clues for measles

- Childhood illness
- Contagious disease
- Highly contagious viral infection
- Rubella or German ...
- Spots signs of disease
- Spotty disease