Usually means: Small red spot, viral infection.
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General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. measle: Merriam-Webster
  2. measle: Collins English Dictionary
  3. measle: Wordnik
  4. measle: Wiktionary
  5. measle: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. measle: Dictionary.com
  7. Measle: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. Measle: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  9. measle: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  10. Measle: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. measle: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  12. measle: FreeDictionary.org
  13. Measle: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. measle: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Measle: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (measle)

▸ noun:  A red spot of the kind that appears on the skin of someone suffering from measles.
▸ noun:  A tapeworm larva.

Similar:
rubeola, morbilli, meazel, measling, measlings, macule, mesling, meslings, false measles, meal, more...

Opposite:
health, wellness, vitality, soundness

Types:
chickenpox, rubella, measles, mumps, more...

Adjectives:
swinish, singular, pork, little, bothriocephalus

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Similar:
rubeola, morbilli, meazel, measling, measlings, macule, mesling, meslings, false measles, meal, more...

Opposite:
health, wellness, vitality, soundness

Types:
chickenpox, rubella, measles, mumps, more...

Adjectives:
swinish, singular, pork, little, bothriocephalus



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