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mea·sles       [mee-zuhlz] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.(used with a singular or plural verb) Pathology.
a.an acute infectious disease occurring mostly in children, characterized by catarrhal and febrile symptoms and an eruption of small red spots; rubeola.
b.any of certain other eruptive diseases. Compare German measles.
2.Veterinary Pathology. a disease in swine and other animals caused by the larvae of certain tapeworms of the genus Taenia.
3.(used with a plural verb) the larvae that cause measles in swine and other animals, and that upon maturation produce trichinosis in humans.
[Origin: 1275–1325; ME mesels, var. of maseles (pl.); c. D maselen (pl.), MD masel; akin to G Masern measles, pl. of Maser speck]
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mea·sles       (mē'zəlz)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   (used with a sing. or pl. verb)
    1. An acute, contagious viral disease, usually occurring in childhood and characterized by eruption of red spots on the skin, fever, and catarrhal symptoms. Also called rubeola.
    2. Black measles.
    3. Any of several other diseases, especially German measles, that cause similar but milder symptoms.
  2. A disease of cattle and swine caused by tapeworm larvae.
  3. A plant disease, usually caused by fungi, that produces minute spots on leaves and stems.


[Middle English maseles, mesels, pl. of masel, measles-spot, of Middle Low German origin.]

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measles 
c.1325, pl. of M.E. masel, probably from M.Du. masel "blemish" (in pl. "measles"), from P.Gmc. *mas- "spot, blemish" (cf. O.H.G. masla "blood-blister"). There may have been an O.E. cognate, but if so it has not been recorded. Probably influenced by O.Fr. mesel "leprous," from L. misellus "wretched, unfortunate," dim. of miser "wretched." Measly "affected with measles" is 1687, sense of "meager and contemptible" first recorded 1864 in British slang.

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measles

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

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measles       (mē'zəlz)  Pronunciation Key 
An infectious disease caused by the rubeola virus of the genus Morbillivirus, characterized by fever, cough, and a rash that begins on the face and spreads to other parts of the body. Vaccinations, usually given in early childhood, confer immunity to measles. Also called rubeola.

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measles

An acute and contagious disease caused by a virus and characterized by the outbreak of small red spots on the skin. Measles occurs most often in school-age children. (Compare German measles.)


[Chapter:] Medicine and Health


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measles mea·sles (mē'zəlz)
n.

  1. An acute contagious viral disease usually occurring in childhood and characterized by eruption of red spots on the skin, fever, and catarrhal symptoms. Also called rubeola.
  2. Black measles.
  3. Any of several other diseases, especially German measles, that cause similar but milder symptoms.
  4. A disease of cattle and swine caused by tapeworm larvae.

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Main Entry: mea·sles
Pronunciation: 'mE-z&lz
Function: noun plural but singular or plural in construction
1 a : an acute contagiousdisease that is caused by a morbillivirus, that commences with catarrhal symptoms, conjunctivitis, cough, and Koplik's spots on the oral mucous membrane, and that is marked by the appearance on thethird or fourth day of an eruption of distinct red circular spots which coalesce in a crescentic form, are slightly raised, and after the fourth day of the eruption gradually decline called alsorubeola b : any of various eruptive diseases (as German measles)
2 : infestation with or disease caused by larval tapeworms in the muscles and tissues;specifically : infestation of cattle and swine with cysticerci of tapeworms that as adults parasitize humans —compare MEASLE

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Measles

Cys"ti*cerce\ (s?s"t?-s?rs), Cysticercus \Cys`ti*cer"cus\ (-s?r"k?s), n. [NL. cysticercus, fr. Gr. ???? bladder + ???? tail: cf. F. cysticerque.] (Zo["o]l.) The larval form of a tapeworm, having the head and neck of a tapeworm attached to a saclike body filled with fluid; -- called also bladder worm, hydatid, and measle (as, pork measle).

Note: These larvae live in the tissues of various living animals, and, when swallowed by a suitable carnivorous animal, develop into adult tapeworms in the intestine. See Measles, 4, Tapeworm.

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Measles

Mea"sle\, n. (Zo["o]l.) A tapeworm larva. See 2d Measles, 4.

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measles

measles: in CancerWEB's On-line Medical Dictionary

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