- (used with a singular or plural verb)Pathology.
- an acute infectious disease occurring mostly in children, characterized by catarrhal and febrile symptoms and an eruption of small red spots; rubeola.
- any of certain other eruptive diseases.
- a disease in swine and other animals caused by the larvae of certain tapeworms of the genus Taenia.
- the larvae that cause measles in swine and other animals, and that upon maturation produce trichinosis in humans.
- a highly contagious viral disease common in children, characterized by fever, profuse nasal discharge of mucus, conjunctivitis, and a rash of small red spots spreading from the forehead down to the limbs
- a disease of cattle, sheep, and pigs, caused by infestation with tapeworm larvae
