measles

Meaning

Noun

• Rubeola, an acute highly contagious disease, often of childhood, caused by Measles virus, of genus Morbillivirus, featuring a spreading red skin rash, fever, runny nose, cough and red eyes
• Any of several other similar diseases, such as German measles.
• A disease of pigs and cattle, caused by larval tapeworms.
• A disease of trees, in which the leaves are covered in spots.
• A discreet assassination performed by the CIA so that death appears to be from natural causes.
• Plural of measle
• Leprosy.

Related

Similar words

• morbilli, rubeola, red measles, 7-day measles, 10-day measles, hard measles

Origin

• Plural of Middle English mesel, masel, probably from Middle Dutch masel due to confusion with measle. Cognate with Middle Low German masele, māsel.
• See measle