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measles
N โรค หัด German measles rubella rok-had
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
MEASLES
n.mee'zles; with a plural termination. 1. A contagious disease of the human body, usually characterized by an eruption of small red points or spots, from which it has its name.
2. A disease of swine.
3. A disease of trees.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
MEASLES
Mea "sles, n. Etym: [From lst Measle. ]
Defn: Leprosy; also, a leper. [Obs. ]
MEASLES
MEASLES Mea "sles, n.; pl. in form, but used as singular in senses 1, 2, & 3.Etym: [D. mazelen; akin to G. masern, pl. , and E. mazer, and orig. meaning, little spots. See Mazer. ]
1. (Med. )
Defn: 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 commences with the ordinary symptoms of fever. Am. Cyc.
2. (Veter. Med. )
Defn: 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. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The larvæ of any tapeworm (Tænia ) in the cysticerus stage, when contained in meat. Called also bladder worms.
New American Oxford Dictionary
measles
mea sles |ˈmēzəlz ˈmizəlz | ▶plural noun (often the measles ) [ treated as sing. ] an infectious viral disease causing fever and a red rash on the skin, typically occurring in childhood. • a disease of pigs and other animals caused by the encysted larvae of the human tapeworm. ORIGIN Middle English maseles, probably from Middle Dutch masel ‘pustule ’ (compare with modern Dutch mazelen ‘measles ’). The spelling change was due to association with Middle English mesel ‘leprous, leprosy. ’
Oxford Dictionary
measles
mea ¦sles |ˈmiːz (ə )lz | ▶plural noun [ treated as sing. ] an infectious viral disease causing fever and a red rash, typically occurring in childhood. • a disease of pigs and other animals caused by the larvae of the human tapeworm. ORIGIN Middle English maseles, probably from Middle Dutch masel ‘pustule ’ (compare with modern Dutch mazelen ‘measles ’). The spelling change was due to association with Middle English mesel ‘leprous, leprosy ’.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
measles
mea sles /míːz (ə )lz /名詞 U 〖しばしばthe ～〗〘医 〙はしか (→German measles )▸ catch measles はしかにかかる .
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