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MORBILLI

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does morbilli mean? 

MORBILLI (noun)
  The noun MORBILLI has 1 sense:

1. an acute and highly contagious viral disease marked by distinct red spots followed by a rash; occurs primarily in childrenplay

  Familiarity information: MORBILLI used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MORBILLI (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An acute and highly contagious viral disease marked by distinct red spots followed by a rash; occurs primarily in children

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

measles; morbilli; rubeola

Hypernyms ("morbilli" is a kind of...):

contagion; contagious disease (any disease easily transmitted by contact)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "morbilli"):

epidemic roseola; German measles; rubella; three-day measles (a contagious viral disease that is a milder form of measles lasting three or four days; can be damaging to a fetus during the first trimester)


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