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measles

noun

mea·​sles ˈmē-zəlz How to pronounce measles (audio)
plural in form but singular or plural in construction
1
a
: an acute contagious disease that is caused by a morbillivirus (species Measles morbillivirus) and is marked especially by an eruption of distinct red circular spots

called also rubeola

b
: any of various eruptive diseases (such as German measles)
2
[Middle English mesel infested with tapeworms, literally, leprous, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin misellus leper, from Latin, wretch, from misellus, diminutive of miser miserable] : infestation with or disease caused by larval tapeworms in the muscles and tissues

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web For instance, activists descended on Rockland County amid the 2019 measles outbreak in an attempt to counter provaccine public health messaging. Sara Reardon, Scientific American, 19 Aug. 2022 Rockland County was the epicenter of a large measles outbreak in 2018-2019 that centered on communities of Hasidic Jews who resist getting their children vaccinated. Helen Branswell, STAT, 17 Aug. 2022 In late 2018, the county was the epicenter of a significant measles outbreak in Orthodox Jewish communities after being first detected in an unvaccinated teenager. Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2022 In 2019, the county was hit by a severe measles outbreak that forced the government to remove thousands of unvaccinated children from schools. Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 9 Aug. 2022 In 2018 and 2019, Rockland County was the epicenter of a major measles outbreak that continued for nearly a year and sickened 312 people. Brenda Goodman, CNN, 21 July 2022 The case was detected in a Rockland County, which in 2019 struggled with an explosive measles outbreak fueled by pockets of the community with low vaccination rates. Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 21 July 2022 In Zimbabwe, for example, there is currently a measles outbreak in which one in 10 children hospitalized with the illness is dying. Stephanie Nolen, New York Times, 14 July 2022 Then there was a measles outbreak in southern Washington. Julie Beck, The Atlantic, 22 Apr. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English meseles, plural of mesel measles, spot characteristic of measles; akin to Middle Dutch masel spot characteristic of measles

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Time Traveler
The first known use of measles was in the 14th century

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