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ru·bel·la n. Med. An acute but mild viral infection characterized by a dusky red cutaneous eruption resembling that of measles, but attended by only mild respiratory problems or fever; -- called also German measles. The infective virus is called Rubella virus, or Rubivirus. If contracted by a woman during the first several months of pregnancy, rubella may cause serious abnormalities in the fetus.
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German measles
n : 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]