measles
suomi-englanti sanakirjameasles englannista suomeksi
tuhkarokko
measles englanniksi
An acute and highly contagious disease which often afflicts children caused by the virus (taxlink) and causing red rashes, fever, nose, coughing, and red eyes.
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(non-gloss definition)
(RQ:Jonson Bartholomew Fair)
(synonym of): A disease of livestock or meat caused by the presence of tapeworm larvae.
(quote-book)
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Any disease causing a tree's bark to become rough and irregular.
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(monikko) en|measle: a red spot forming part of a rash, particularly those caused by ''M. morbillivirus''.
1599, "A.M." translating Osswald Gäbelkhover as ''The Boock of Physicke'', p. 277:
- Others take a fether, and dippe it in the saide water, and therwith they annoynte all the Measells of the Face when they are come forth.
(monikko) en|measle: any similar-looking red spot, particularly foxing.
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(monikko) en|measle: the individual cysts of cysticercosis.
(monikko) en|measle: the individual blisters in the surface of a diseased tree's bark.
A discreet assassination made to look like death from any natural cause.
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(infl of)
(monikko) en|measle
(alternative form of): Leprosy.