German measles
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Measles \Mea"sles\, n.; pl. in form, but used as singular in
senses 1, 2, & 3. [D. mazelen; akin to G. masern, pl., and E.
mazer, and orig. meaning, little spots. See {Mazer}.]
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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.
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Measles commences with the ordinary symptoms of
fever. --Am. Cyc.
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2. (Veter. Med.) A disease of cattle and swine in which the
flesh is filled with the embryos of different varieties of
the tapeworm.
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3. A disease of trees. [Obs.]
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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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{German measles} A mild contagious viral disease, which may
cause birth defects if contracted by a pregnant woman
during early pregnancy; also called {rubella}.
[PJC]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
rubella \ru*bel"la\, n. [NL., fr. L. rubellus reddish.] (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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from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
127 Moby Thesaurus words for "German measles":
African lethargy, Asiatic cholera, Chagres fever, Haverhill fever,
acute articular rheumatism, ague, alkali disease, amebiasis,
amebic dysentery, anthrax, bacillary dysentery, bastard measles,
black death, black fever, blackwater fever, breakbone fever,
brucellosis, bubonic plague, cachectic fever, cerebral rheumatism,
chicken pox, cholera, cowpox, dandy fever, deer fly fever, dengue,
dengue fever, diphtheria, dumdum fever, dysentery, elephantiasis,
encephalitis lethargica, enteric fever, erysipelas, famine fever,
five-day fever, flu, frambesia, glandular fever, grippe,
hansenosis, hepatitis, herpes, herpes simplex, herpes zoster,
histoplasmosis, hookworm, hydrophobia, infantile paralysis,
infectious mononucleosis, inflammatory rheumatism, influenza,
jail fever, jungle rot, kala azar, kissing disease, lepra, leprosy,
leptospirosis, loa loa, loaiasis, lockjaw, madness, malaria,
malarial fever, marsh fever, measles, meningitis, milzbrand, mumps,
ornithosis, osteomyelitis, paratyphoid fever, parotitis,
parrot fever, pertussis, pneumonia, polio, poliomyelitis,
polyarthritis rheumatism, ponos, psittacosis, rabbit fever, rabies,
rat-bite fever, relapsing fever, rheumatic fever, rickettsialpox,
ringworm, rubella, rubeola, scarlatina, scarlet fever,
schistosomiasis, septic sore throat, shingles, sleeping sickness,
sleepy sickness, smallpox, snail fever, splenic fever,
spotted fever, strep throat, swamp fever, tetanus, thrush, tinea,
trench fever, trench mouth, tuberculosis, tularemia, typhoid,
typhoid fever, typhus, typhus fever, undulant fever, vaccinia,
varicella, variola, venereal disease, viral dysentery,
whooping cough, yaws, yellow fever, yellow jack, zona, zoster
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