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Definition of
measles noun
from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
measles
noun
noun
NAmE
/
/
ˈmizlz
/
/
[
uncountable
]
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an infectious disease, especially of children, that causes a fever and small red spots that cover the whole body
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German measles
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