measles

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Meaning: ; (pathology)Anacuteandhighlycontagiousdiseasewhichoftenafflictschildrencausedby thevirusMeasles morbillivirusandcausingredrashes,fever,runny nose,coughing, andredeyes.1970,Maya Angelou,I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, page78:Maybe it's the 'measles. They say they're going around the neighborhood.1986,Roald Dahl,Measles: A Dangerous Illness:Olivia, my eldest daughter, caughtmeasleswhen she was seven years old. As the illness took its usual course I can remember reading to her often in bed and not feeling particularly alarmed about it.1990,International Journal of Epidemiology, volume19, page1073:In the camps a case ofmeaslesis defined as a generalized rash of three or more days duration, with a fever of at least 38.8°C.., and any one of the following: cough, coryza or conjunctivitis.2002February 10, Sarah Lyall, “Britain Tries to Quell Fear Over Vaccine for Children”, inThe New York Times‎[1], archived fromthe originalon14 February 2021:Although the MMR vaccine was introduced in 1988, Britain offered separatemeaslesinjections until 1999.; (pathology,obsolete)Anydiseasecausingredrashes.; (obsolete)Usedas anintensifier.1614November 10 (first performance; Gregorian calendar), Beniamin Iohnson [i.e.,Ben Jonson],Bartholmew Fayre: A Comedie,[…], London:[…]I[ohn]B[eale]forRobert Allot,[…], published1631,→OCLC,(please specify the page):Why themeazills, should you standheere, with yourtraine...; (veterinary medicine)Synonym ofcysticercosis: Adiseaseoflivestockormeatcausedby thepresenceoftapewormlarvae.1641,Ben Jonson,Timber:TheSwynedyedof theMeasils.1992, Maguelonne Toussaint-Samat, translated by Anthea Bell,The History of Food, page416:Porcinemeasles, thought by classical writers to beleprosy, is actually the result of tapeworm cysts which cause ulcerations of the pig's tongue.; (botany,obsolete)Anydiseasecausingatree'sbarktobecomeroughandirregular.1674, John Josselyn,An Account of Two Voyages to New-England, page190:Their fruit-trees are subject to two diseases, theMeazels... andlowsiness.; (medicine)pluralofmeasle: aredspotformingpartof arash,(now)particularlythosecausedbyM. morbillivirus.1599, "A.M." translating Osswald Gäbelkhover asThe Boock of Physicke, p. 277:Others take afether, anddippeit in thesaidewater, andtherwiththeyannoynteall theMeasellsof the Face when they are come forth.; (figuratively)pluralofmeasle:anysimilar-lookingredspot,particularly(printing)foxing.1867, Thomas Suttonet al.,Dictionary of Photography, page217:Measles. When prints are imperfectly fixed, the appearance presented is very similar to that of the same disease in the human subject. Hence the name.1929, Samuel Hoffenstein, “Mr Walter de la Mare”, inPoems in Praise of Practically Nothing, page147:The stars, likemeasles, fade at last.1984, Gary Jennings,The Journeyer, page671:The Lady Tofaa also had a redmeasleof paint on her forehead between her eyes.1990, John Grant,The Very Last Gambado, page125:How do I get themeaslesout of anIndian paperprint, Lovejoy?...Measlesis trade nickname forfoxing, those brown spots... that trouble books, prints, and watercolors.; (veterinary medicine)pluralofmeasle: theindividualcystsofcysticercosis.; (botany,obsolete)pluralofmeasle: theindividualblistersin thesurfaceof adiseasedtree'sbark.; (US,espionagejargon)Adiscreetassassinationmadetolooklikedeathfromanynaturalcause.1975, Miles Copeland,Beyond Cloak and Dagger: Inside the CIA, page204:[…]they would prefer having him "die of themeasles," as wags at the CIA put it, than be punished by legal means. If there is no convenient way of administering the "measles," they may even favor simply letting him go.1977, Raymond Edward Palmer,The Making of a Spy, page99:Such final solutions, sometimes referred to asterminationwithextreme prejudice, are known in the CIA as dying of themeasles— that is, the death appears to be of natural causes.

Examples:

EN: I told you, I have measles!
ES: ¡Ya le dije, tengo sarampión!
EN: Because urticaria is hives. Rubeola is measles. And alopecia is baldness.
ES: Lo sé porque la urticaria es una erupción de la piel... la rubeola es como el sarampión... y la alopecia es calvicie.
EN: It usually appears about three weeks after the first condition... a rash similar to measles on the face and throughout the body.
ES: Generalmente aparece unas tres semanas después de la primera afección una erupción parecida al sarampión en la cara y en todo el cuerpo.
EN: That's how people catch mumps and measles, isn't it?
ES: Pero no besan a los demás.
EN: - Hope I don't break out with the measles.
ES: - Espero no tener la rubeola.
EN: - It can't be the measles.
ES: - Es imposible.
EN: I haven't got the measles.
ES: No tengo sarampión.
EN: You'll get over this just like Mickey got over the measles.
ES: Se te pasará como a Mickey se le pasó el sarampión.
EN: You know, when me and Azelma had the measles.
ES: Recuerda, cuando Azelma y yo tuvimos el sarampión.
EN: "Cosette has caught the measles that have been going around.
ES: "Cosette ha cogido el sarampión."
EN: I was beginning to think I had the measles the way you've been staying away.
ES: Empezaba a pensar que tenía el sarampión porque no has venido a verme.
EN: What are you afraid of? The measles?
ES: ¿Tiene miedo de coger la rubeola?
EN: She had to leave suddenly because of the measles.
ES: Tuvo que irse de repente por el sarampión.
EN: Our friends have the measles.
ES: Nuestros amigos tienen el sarampión.
EN: Where do your friends who have the measles live?
ES: ¿Dónde viven tus amigos que tienen el sarampión?

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