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| ru·bel·la [ roo béllə ] |
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North America contagious childhood disease: a highly contagious viral disease, especially affecting children, that causes swelling of the lymph glands and a reddish pink rash on the skin. It can be harmful to the unborn baby of a pregnant woman who contracts it.
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| [Late 19th century. < modern Latin, "rash" < form of Latin rubellus "reddish" < rubeus "red"] |
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