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| mea·sles [ mz'lz ] |
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contagious viral disease: a contagious acute viral disease with symptoms that include a bright red rash of small spots that spread to cover the whole body. Small white spots, known as Koplik's spots, appear in the mouth on the inside of the cheeks a few days before the rash appears and can be used in diagnosis.
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measles spots: the spots that are characteristic of measles
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| [14th century. Probably < Middle Low German masele or Middle Dutch masel "spot, blemish," and by folk etymology < mesel "leper"] |
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