| 单词 | measles |
| 释义 | measles /mee"zeuhlz/, n. 1. (used with a sing. or pl. v.) Pathol. a. an acute infectious disease occurring mostly in children, characterized by catarrhal and febrile symptoms and an eruption of small red spots; rubeola. b. any of certain other eruptive diseases. Cf. German measles. 2. Vet. Pathol. a disease in swine and other animals caused by the larvae of certain tapeworms of the genus Taenia. 3. (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; ME mesels, var. of maseles (pl.); c. D maselen (pl.), MD masel; akin to G Masern measles, pl. of Maser speck] |
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