measles
痲疹,風疹,包蟲病,痧子
Mea·sles n. Leprosy; also, a leper. [Obs.]
Mea·sles, n.; pl. in form, but used as singular in senses 1, 2, & 3.
1. Med. A contagious viral febrile disorder commencing with catarrhal symptoms, and marked by the appearance on the third day of an eruption of distinct red circular spots, which coalesce in a crescentic form, are slightly raised above the surface, and after the fourth day of the eruption gradually decline; rubeola. It is a common childhood disease.
Measles commences with the ordinary symptoms of fever. --Am. Cyc.
2. Veter. Med. A disease of cattle and swine in which the flesh is filled with the embryos of different varieties of the tapeworm.
3. A disease of trees. [Obs.]
4. pl. Zool. The larvae of any tapeworm (Taenia) in the cysticerus stage, when contained in meat. Called also bladder worms.
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measles
n : an acute and highly contagious viral disease marked by
distinct red spots followed by a rash; occurs primarily
in children [syn: rubeola, morbilli]