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morbilli

[ mawr-bil-ahy ]

noun

, (used with a singular verb)


morbilli

/ mɔːˈbɪlaɪ /

noun

  1. a technical name for measles


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Word History and Origins

Origin of morbilli1

1685–95; < Medieval Latin, plural of morbillus pustule, equivalent to Latin morb ( us ) sickness + -illus diminutive suffix

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Word History and Origins

Origin of morbilli1

C17: from Medieval Latin morbillus pustule, diminutive of Latin morbus illness

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Example Sentences

Diseases universal and infectious—like morphoea, serpigo, lepra, variolae et morbilli.

Variolae et morbilli arise from moist matter confined in the body and turbid, like turbid blood.

Morbilli is a mild disease, but requires protection from cold, which confines and coagulates the peccant matter.

Gilbert classifies variolae et morbilli among the universal and infectious diseases, and in the species apostemata.

But the passage quoted is of interest as using the old word mesles to mean one of the two forms of morbilli or punctilli.

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