Morbilli

Morbilli
Another name for measles, an acute highly contagious viral disease with fever, runny nose, cough, red eyes, and a spreading skin rash. Also known as rubeola, it is a potentially disastrous disease and can be complicated by ear infections, pneumonia, encephalitis (that can cause convulsions, mental retardation. and even death), the sudden onset of low blood platelet levels with severe bleeding (acute thrombocytopenic purpura) or a chronic brain disease that occurs months to often years after an attack of measles (subacute sclerosing panencephalitis). During pregnancy measles may trigger miscarriages or premature delivery. Measles can be prevented through vaccination. The disease is also called the hard measles and (depending on how long you think it lasts) the seven- day measles, the nine-day measles, or the ten-day measles. The name measles comes from the Middle English maselen meaning many little spots referring, of course, to the rash.
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SYN: measles (1). [Mediev. L. morbillus, dim. of L. morbus, disease]

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mor·bil·li mȯr-'bil-.ī n pl MEASLES (1)

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n.

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mor·bil·li (mor-bilґi) [L.] measles.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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  • Morbilli — (lat.), s. Masern …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • morbilli — [môr bil′ī΄] pl.n. [ML, pl. of morbillus, dim. of L morbus, disease] former term for MEASLES …   English World dictionary

  • Morbilli — Masernvirus Masern Virus, Dünnschicht TEM. Systematik Reich: Viren ( )ssRNA Viren Ordnu …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • morbilli — /mawr bil uy/, n. (used with a sing. v.) Pathol. measles (def. 1). [1685 95; < ML, pl. of morbillus pustule, equiv. to L morb(us) sickness + illus dim. suffix] * * * …   Universalium

  • morbilli — noun measles, rubeola …   Wiktionary

  • Morbilli — Morbịlli   [Verkleinerungsform von morbus] Plural, die Masern. * * * Mor|bịl|li <Pl.> [zu mlat. morbillus, Vkl. von lat. morbus, ↑morbid] (Med.): Masern …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Morbilli — Morbịlli [zu mlat. morbillus, Verkleinerungsbildung zu lat. morbus = Krankheit] Mehrz.: Masern, von Fieber, katarrhalischen Erscheinungen und Bindehautentzündung begleitete Viruskrankheit bes. des Kindesalters, verbunden mit charakteristischen… …   Das Wörterbuch medizinischer Fachausdrücke

  • Morbilli — Mor|bil|li die (Plur.) <zu mlat. morbillus, Verkleinerungsform von lat. morbus, vgl. ↑Morbus> Masern, Viruskrankheit (bes. im Kindesalter) mit rötlichem Ausschlag …   Das große Fremdwörterbuch

  • morbilli — n. measles, virus characterized by red spots on the skin (Pathology) …   English contemporary dictionary

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