Definition of measles Measles

/miˈzʌlz/ - [meezulz] - mea•sles

We found 10 definitions of measles from 4 different sources.

What does measles mean?

Noun Plural: measles
measles - an acute and highly contagious viral disease marked by distinct red spots followed by a rash; occurs primarily in children
		rubeola, morbilli
		contagious disease, contagion any disease easily transmitted by contact

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measles (Noun)
Rubeola, an acute highly contagious disease, often of childhood caused by a virus of genus , featuring a spreading red skin rash, fever, runny nose, cough and red eyes.
measles (Noun)
Any of several other similar diseases, such as German measles .
measles (Noun)
Leprosy.

measles (n.)
Leprosy; also, a leper.
measles (n.)
A contagious 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.
measles (n.)
A disease of cattle and swine in which the flesh is filled with the embryos of different varieties of the tapeworm.
measles (n.)
A disease of trees.
measles (n.)
The larvae of any tapeworm (Taenia) in the cysticerus stage, when contained in meat. Called also bladder worms.

measles
A childhood viral disease manifested as acute febrile illness associated with cough, coryza, conjunctivitis, spots on the buccal mucosa, and rash starting on the head and neck and spreading to the rest of the body.