Measles

Quick meaning: Measles is a noun meaning (pathology, obsolete) Any disease causing red rashes.

Meaning

(pathology, obsolete) Any disease causing red rashes.

More Meanings

1. (veterinary medicine) Synonym of cysticercosis: A disease of livestock or meat caused by the presence of tapeworm larvae.
2. (botany, obsolete) Any disease causing a tree's bark to become rough and irregular.
3. (medicine) plural of measle: a red spot forming part of a rash, (now) particularly those caused by M. morbillivirus.
4. (figuratively) plural of measle: any similar-looking red spot, particularly (printing) foxing.
5. (veterinary medicine) plural of measle: the individual cysts of cysticercosis.
6. (pathology) An acute and highly contagious disease which often afflicts children caused by the virus Measles morbillivirus and causing red rashes, fever, runny nose, coughing, and red eyes.
7. (obsolete) Used as an intensifier.

Example Sentences

The Swyne dyed of the Measils.

Why the meazills, should you stand heere, with your traine.

Maybe it's the 'measles. They say they're going around the neighborhood.

Their fruit-trees are subject to two diseases, the Meazels... and lowsiness.

Word Forms

• measle
• measels

Synonyms for measles

Depending on context, synonyms include morbilli, measlings, cysticercosis.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include morbilli, rubella, smallpox, epidemic, routine, mumps.

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