KOPLIK'S SPOTS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Koplik's spots mean? 

• KOPLIK'S SPOTS (noun)
  The noun KOPLIK'S SPOTS has 1 sense:

1. small red spots with white centers found on the mucous membranes of the mouth and tongue; symptom of measles that appears one or two days before the measles rash appears

  Familiarity information: KOPLIK'S SPOTS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• KOPLIK'S SPOTS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small red spots with white centers found on the mucous membranes of the mouth and tongue; symptom of measles that appears one or two days before the measles rash appears

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Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("Koplik's spots" is a kind of...):

symptom ((medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease)