rubella
/rʊˈbɛlə
/noun
Medical term for German measles.Patients given vaccines against measles, mumps and rubella, polio, rabies and Japanese encephalitis are not affected....
- Animal research has led to vaccines for rabies, smallpox, rubella, measles and anthrax.
- The serum was also used in vaccines against measles, mumps, rubella, diphtheria and whooping cough until as late as 1993.
Origin
Late 19th century: modern Latin, neuter plural of Latin rubellus 'reddish'.
Rhymes
- inoculation
- inoculative
- inoculator
- inoculum
- inodorous
- in-off
- inoffensive
- inoffensively
- inoffensiveness
- in on
- in one ear and out the other
- in one piece
- in one's birthday suit
- in one's blood
- in one's bones
- in one's cups
- in one's face
- in one's favour
- in one's glory
- in one's head
- in one's heart of hearts
- in one's mind's eye
- in one's own person
- in one's own right
- in one's own sweet time (or way)