Synonyms:
measles, rubeola, morbilli
Meaning: an acute and highly contagious viral disease marked by distinct red spots followed by a rash; occurs primarily in children
Usage examples
'It's the hole,' said the Phoenix; 'it's not measles whatever that possession may be.'
I feel as if I was going to have measles; everything looked awfully rum then, remember.'
Well, then, I should say you were sickening for something--mumps or measles or thrush or teething.
It went through the measles, and the chicken-pox, and the mumps, and the whooping-cough, before it left the North Pole.
No whooping-cough did rack his frame, Nor measles drear with spots; Not these impaired the sacred name Of Stephen Dowling Bots.
Mrs. Max says you are to break out, break out with the measles if nothing else will interrupt you, and you are to have tea with her this afternoon.'
It may not be able to perform a surgical operation like that which is required for the removal of a leg, and I don't believe even Wagner ever composed a measure that could be counted on successfully to eliminate one's vermiform appendix from its chief sphere of usefulness; but for other things, like measles, mumps, the snuffles, or indigestion, it is said to be wonderfully efficacious.