Measles

  • 41Measles encephalitis — Inflammation of the brain (encephalitis) occurs in perhaps 1 in 1,000 cases of measles, starting (up to 3 weeks) after onset of the rash and presenting with high fever, convulsions, and coma. It usually runs a blessedly short course with full… …

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  • 42measles vaccine — 1. measles virus v. live. 2. a modified live virus vaccine of canine tissue culture origin, used to induce resistance to canine distemper in 3 to 6 week old puppies in which response to canine distemper vaccine would be neutralized because of… …

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  • 43measles virus — a virus of the genus Morbillivirus that causes measles …

    Medical dictionary

  • 44measles vaccine — immunization against measles …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 45measles flounder — pipirinė plekšnė statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas taksono rangas rūšis atitikmenys: lot. Paralichthodes algoensis angl. measles flounder; peppered flounder rus. паралихтод; перцовая камбала ryšiai: platesnis terminas – pipirinės plekšnės …

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  • 46measles — (rubeola; me zelz) A highly contagious skin disease that is endemic throughout the world. It is caused by a morbilli virus in the family Paramyxoviridae, which enters the body through the respiratory tract or through the conjunctiva …

    Dictionary of microbiology

  • 47measles — (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. viral disease, contagious disease, illness, affliction, sickness …

    English dictionary for students

  • 48measles n — measly adj …

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  • 49measles — plural noun [treated as sing.] 1》 an infectious viral disease causing fever and a red rash, typically occurring in childhood. 2》 a disease of pigs caused by encysted larvae of the human tapeworm. Origin ME maseles, prob. from MDu. masel pustule …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 50measles — n. pl. Rubeola …

    New dictionary of synonyms