Usually means: Contagious viral disease with rash.
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General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. measles: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. measles: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. measles: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. measles: Collins English Dictionary
  5. measles: Vocabulary.com
  6. Measles, measles: Wordnik
  7. measles: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. measles: Wiktionary
  9. measles: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. measles: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. measles: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. measles: Dictionary.com
  13. measles: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. measles: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Measles: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Measles: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. measles: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. measles: Rhymezone
  19. measles: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. measles: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. measles: Free Dictionary
  22. measles: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. measles: Dictionary/thesaurus
  24. measles: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. measles: Encyclopedia

Medicine (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Measles: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  3. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Johnson Bwby (No longer online)
  5. Measles (rubeola): Merck Manuals
  6. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  7. Health and Wellness Dictionary (No longer online)
  8. Probert Encyclopaedia of Medicine (No longer online)
  9. Specific Diseases/Disorders (No longer online)
  10. Measles: MEDLINE plus Illustrated Medical Encyclopedia
  11. National Immunization Program Glossary (No longer online)
  12. measles: Parents' Common Sense Encyclopedia
  13. A-Z Family health glossary (No longer online)
  14. measles: Medical dictionary
  15. University of Maryland Glossary of Medical Terms (No longer online)
  16. Measles: Drug Medical Dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (pathology) An acute and highly contagious disease which often afflicts children caused by the virus Measles morbillivirus and causing red rashes, fever, runny nose, coughing, and red eyes.
noun:  (pathology, obsolete) Any disease causing red rashes.
noun:  (obsolete) Used as an intensifier.
noun:  (veterinary medicine) Synonym of cysticercosis: A disease of livestock or meat caused by the presence of tapeworm larvae.
noun:  (botany, obsolete) Any disease causing a tree's bark to become rough and irregular.
noun:  (US, espionage jargon) A discreet assassination made to look like death from any natural cause.
noun:  (obsolete) Alternative form of mesels: Leprosy.

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