Measles

  • 61three-day measles — noun a contagious viral disease that is a milder form of measles lasting three or four days; can be damaging to a fetus during the first trimester • Syn: ↑German measles, ↑rubella, ↑epidemic roseola • Hypernyms: ↑measles, ↑rubeola, ↑morbilli * *… …

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  • 62AMS (atypical measles syndrome) — An altered expression of measles, AMS begins suddenly with high fever, headache, cough, and abdominal pain. The rash may appear 1 to 2 days later, often beginning on the limbs. Swelling (edema) of the hands and feet may occur. Pneumonia is common …

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  • 63Atypical measles syndrome (AMS) — An altered expression of measles, AMS begins suddenly with high fever, headache, cough, and abdominal pain. The rash may appear 1 to 2 days later, often beginning on the limbs. Swelling (edema) of the hands and feet may occur. Pneumonia is common …

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  • 64Syndrome, atypical measles (AMS) — An altered expression of measles, AMS begins suddenly with high fever, headache, cough, and abdominal pain. The rash may appear 1 to 2 days later, often beginning on the limbs. Swelling (edema) of the hands and feet may occur. Pneumonia is common …

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  • 65Vaccination, measles — See Vaccination, MMR. Vaccination, MMR: The standard vaccine given to prevent measles, mumps and rubella (German measles). The MMR vaccine is now given in two dosages. The first should be given at12 15 months of age. The second vaccination should …

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  • 66black measles — noun 1. a. : hemorrhagic measles b. : rocky mountain spotted fever 2. : a disease of grapevines in California of obscure and undetermined cause characterized by black spotting of the skin of the berries and browning and drying up of the leaf… …

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  • 67German measles immunization — The standard MMR vaccine is given to prevent measles, mumps and rubella (German measles). The MMR vaccine is now given in two dosages. The first should be given at 12 15 months of age. The second vaccination should be given at 4 6 years. Most… …

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  • 68atypical measles — a severe form of measles occurring after exposure to wild measles virus in those who previously received inactivated (killed) measles vaccine (a type used in the United States and elsewhere in the mid 1960s), or in some cases live attenuated… …

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  • 69German measles — n pl but sing or pl in constr an acute contagious disease that is milder than typical measles but is damaging to the fetus when occurring early in pregnancy and that is caused by a togavirus (species Rubella virus of the genus Rubivirus) called… …

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  • 70German measles — noun a contagious viral disease that is a milder form of measles lasting three or four days; can be damaging to a fetus during the first trimester • Syn: ↑rubella, ↑three day measles, ↑epidemic roseola • Hypernyms: ↑measles, ↑rubeola, ↑morbilli …

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