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RUBEOLA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does rubeola mean?
• RUBEOLA (noun)
The noun RUBEOLA has 1 sense:
1. an acute and highly contagious viral disease marked by distinct red spots followed by a rash; occurs primarily in children
Familiarity information: RUBEOLA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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:
Hypernyms ("rubeola" is a kind of...):
contagion; contagious disease (any disease easily transmitted by contact)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rubeola"):
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)
Context examples
Measles (rubeola) virus, mumps virus, and Newcastle disease virus are paramyxoviruses.
(Paramyxovirus, NCI Dictionary)
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