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Webster 1913 Edition
Measles
Mea′sles
,Noun.
pl. in form, but used as singular in senses 1, 2, & 3.
Measles
commences with the ordinary symptoms of fever. Am. Cyc.
2.
(Veter. Med.)
A disease of cattle and swine in which the flesh is filled with the embryos of different varieties of the tapeworm.
3.
A disease of trees.
[Obs.]
4.
pl.
(Zool.)
The larvae of any tapeworm (
Taenia
) in the cysticerus stage, when contained in meat. Called also bladder worms
. Webster 1828 Edition
Measles
MEASLES
,Noun.
1.
A contagious disease of the human body,usually characterized by an eruption of small red points or spots, from which it has its name.2.
A disease of swine.3.
A disease of trees.