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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024mea•sles /ˈmizəlz/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable* used with a singular verb]- Pathology
- an acute infectious disease characterized by small red spots on the skin, fever, and coldlike symptoms.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024mea•sles (mē′zəlz),USA pronunciation n. - Pathology(used with a sing. or pl. v.)
- an acute infectious disease occurring mostly in children, characterized by catarrhal and febrile symptoms and an eruption of small red spots;
rubeola. - any of certain other eruptive diseases. Cf. German measles.
- Veterinary Diseasesa disease in swine and other animals caused by the larvae of certain tapeworms of the genus Taenia.
- Invertebrates(used with a pl. v.) the larvae that cause measles in swine and other animals, and that upon maturation produce trichinosis in humans.
- 1275–1325; Middle English mesels, variant of maseles (plural); cognate with Dutch maselen (plural), Middle Dutch masel; akin to German Masern measles, plural of Maser speck
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: measles /ˈmiːzəlz/ n (functioning as singular or plural)- a highly contagious viral disease common in children, characterized by fever, profuse nasal discharge of mucus, conjunctivitis, and a rash of small red spots spreading from the forehead down to the limbs
See also German measles - a disease of cattle, sheep, and pigs, caused by infestation with tapeworm larvae
Etymology: 14th Century: from Middle Low German masele spot on the skin; influenced by Middle English mesel leper, from Latin misellus, diminutive of miser wretched |