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.
Maybe it's the 'measles. They say they're going around the neighborhood.
Any disease causing red rashes.
Alternative form of mesels: Leprosy.
third-person singular simple present indicative of measle
Either from Middle Dutch masels (“blood blisters, measels”) or Middle Low German maselen (“red blemishes, measels”), both from Old High German masala (“blood blister, phlegmon”). Doublet of measlings....
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