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mea·sles
 measles
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 lz
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noun |
| definition 1: |
(used with a sing. or pl. verb) a very contagious but short-lived disease, usu. affecting children, that is caused by a virus and accompanied by fever and an eruption of red spots on the skin.
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| definition 2: |
any of several similar but milder diseases, such as German measles.
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