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Measles

Definition: Leprosy; also, a leper.

Measles

Definition: 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

Definition: A disease of cattle and swine in which the flesh is filled
with the embryos of different varieties of the tapeworm.

Measles

Definition: A disease of trees.

Measles

Definition: The larvae of any tapeworm (Taenia) in the cysticerus
stage, when contained in meat. Called also bladder worms.