RUBELLA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rubella mean? 

• RUBELLA (noun)
  The noun RUBELLA has 1 sense:

1. 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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• RUBELLA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

epidemic roseola; German measles; rubella; three-day measles

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

measles; morbilli; rubeola (an acute and highly contagious viral disease marked by distinct red spots followed by a rash; occurs primarily in children)

 Context examples 

There is no treatment for mumps, but the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine can prevent it.

(Mumps, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

Viral arthritis is less common than bacterial arthritis and may be a manifestation of such viral diseases as mumps, rubella, hepatitis, etc.

(Infective Arthritis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Transplacental infection of the fetus with rubella usually in the first trimester of pregnancy, as a consequence of maternal infection, resulting in various developmental abnormalities in the newborn infant.

(Congenital Rubella, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)