01 n. Leprosy; also, a leper.
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Leprosy; also, a leper.[Obs.]
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Webster, 1913
Measles
02 n. A contagious viral febrile disorder commencing with catarrhal symptoms, and marked by the appearance on the third day of an eruption of dis…
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A contagious viral 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. It is a common childhood disease.(Med.)“Measles commences with the ordinary symptoms of fever.” — Am. Cyc.
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A disease of cattle and swine in which the flesh is filled with the embryos of different varieties of the tapeworm.(Veter. Med.)
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A disease of trees.[Obs.]
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The larvae of any tapeworm (Taenia) in the cysticerus stage, when contained in meat. Called also bladder worms.(Zool.) Also: bladder worms
Phrases & compounds
German measles —
A mild contagious viral disease, which may cause birth defects if contracted by a pregnant woman during early pregnancy; also called rubella.