kopliks spotses

Main Entry: Kop·lik's spots
Pronunciation: 'käp-liks-
Variant: or Kop·lik spots /-lik-/
Function: noun plural
: small bluish white dots surrounded by a reddish zone that appear on the mucous membrane of the cheeks and lips before the appearance of the skin eruption in a case of measles
Koplik, Henry (1858–1927), American pediatrician. Koplik was a specialist in the diseases of infancy and childhood. He discovered the bacterium (Bordetellapertussis) that causes whooping cough, and he established the first milk distribution center for poor infants in the U.S. He was the first to note Koplik's spots and published his description ofthem in 1896.

Koplik's spots Kop·lik's spots (kŏp'lĭks)
pl.n.
Small red spots on the mucous membrane of the cheek, with a minute bluish-white speck in the center, regarded as symptomatic of measles.