Measles
11measles — n. 1) to catch, come down with (the) measles 2) an epidemic; outbreak of measles * * * [ miːz(ə)lz] come down with (the) measles outbreak of measles an epidemic to catch …
12measles — mea|sles [ˈmi:zəlz] n [U] also the measles [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: Perhaps from Middle Dutch masel measles spot (influenced by mesel leper (13 16 centuries))] an infectious illness in which you have a fever and small red spots on your face and… …
13measles — noun VERB + MEASLES ▪ have ▪ All our children have had the measles. ▪ catch, contract ▪ immunize sb against, vaccinate sb against …
14measles — Synonyms and related words: African lethargy, Asiatic cholera, Chagres fever, German measles, Haverhill fever, acute articular rheumatism, ague, alkali disease, amebiasis, amebic dysentery, anthrax, bacillary dysentery, bastard measles, black… …
15measles — [14] Measles means literally ‘spots, blemishes’. The word was originally borrowed from Middle Dutch māsel ‘blemish’, which went back to a prehistoric Germanic base *mas ‘spot, blemish, excrescence’. The earliest English form of the word was thus… …
16measles — noun (U) also the measles an infectious illness in which you have a fever and small red spots on your face and body see also: German measles …
17measles — n. a highly infectious virus disease that tends to appear in epidemics every 2–3 years and mainly affects children. After an incubation period of 8–15 days, symptoms resembling those of a cold develop accompanied by a high fever. Small red spots… …
18measles — /ˈmizəlz / (say meezuhlz) singular noun (sometimes construed as plural) 1. an acute infectious disease occurring mostly in children, characterised by catarrhal and febrile symptoms and an eruption of small red spots; rubeola. 2. any of certain… …
19measles — [14] Measles means literally ‘spots, blemishes’. The word was originally borrowed from Middle Dutch māsel ‘blemish’, which went back to a prehistoric Germanic base *mas ‘spot, blemish, excrescence’. The earliest English form of the word was thus… …
20measles — n.pl. (also treated as sing.) 1 a an acute infectious viral disease marked by red spots on the skin. b the spots of measles. 2 a tapeworm disease of pigs. Etymology: ME masele(s) prob. f. MLG masele, MDu. masel pustule (cf. Du. mazelen measles),… …
