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measles
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?mi?z?lz/
Etymology 1
Plural of Middle English mesel, masel, probably from Middle Dutch masel (“blemish”) due to confusion with measle. Cognate with Middle Low German masele, m?sel.
Noun
measles (plural measles)
- Rubeola, an acute highly contagious disease, often of childhood, caused by Measles virus, of genus Morbillivirus, featuring a spreading red skin rash, fever, runny nose, cough and red eyes
- Any of several other similar diseases, such as German measles.
- A disease of pigs and cattle, caused by larval tapeworms.
- A disease of trees, in which the leaves are covered in spots.
- (US, espionage, slang) A discreet assassination performed by the CIA so that death appears to be from natural causes.
- 1975, Miles Copeland, Beyond Cloak and Dagger: Inside the CIA (page 204)
- […] they would prefer having him "die of the measles," as wags at the CIA put it, than be punished by legal means. If there is no convenient way of administering the "measles," they may even favor simply letting him go.
- 1977, Raymond Edward Palmer, The Making of a Spy (page 99)
- Such final solutions, sometimes referred to as termination with extreme prejudice, are known in the CIA as dying of the measles — that is, the death appears to be of natural causes.
- 1975, Miles Copeland, Beyond Cloak and Dagger: Inside the CIA (page 204)
Usage notes
- Plural in form, but usually used with a singular verb.
Synonyms
- (disease): morbilli, rubeola, red measles, 7-day measles, 10-day measles, hard measles
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
See measle
Noun
measles
- (obsolete) plural of measle
Noun
measles pl (plural only)
- (obsolete) Leprosy.
Anagrams
- Saleems, almesse
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roseola
English
Etymology
From New Latin, from diminutive of Latin rosa (“a rose”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??(?)?zi??l?/, /????z????l?/
- Hyphenation: ro?se?o?la
Noun
roseola (countable and uncountable, plural roseolas or roseolae)
- (pathology) A rosy rash occurring in measles, typhoid fever, syphilis and some other diseases.
- (medicine) The common name for roseola infantum.
- (medicine) German measles.
Translations
References
- roseola in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- aerosol
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