(medicine) 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.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of measle

(obsolete) plural of measle / (obsolete) Alternative form of mesels: Leprosy.

Alternative form of measles. / (euphemistic, obsolete) Used after interrogative pronouns as an intensifier to express anger, frustration, incredulity, or other strong emotion.

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

Infected or spotted with measles.

(UK dialect) Synonym of measle: the disease caused by M. morbillivirus, a red spot caused by the disease.

(UK dialect) Synonym of measles: the disease caused by M. morbillivirus, the red spots caused by the disease.

(medicine, now,, possibly offensive) Rubella

(now,, possibly offensive) Rubella.