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THREE-DAY MEASLES
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Dictionary entry overview: What does three-day measles mean?
• THREE-DAY MEASLES (noun)
The noun THREE-DAY MEASLES 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: THREE-DAY MEASLES used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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 ("three-day measles" 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)
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