Synonyms for measles
ˈmi zəlzmeasles

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.3 / 3 votes

1. measles, rubeola, morbillinoun

   an acute and highly contagious viral disease marked by distinct red spots followed by a rash; occurs primarily in children

   Synonyms:
   morbilli, rubeola

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1. • Contagious Disease

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. measlesnoun

   Synonyms:
   rubeola

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:2.1 / 7 votes

1. measlesnoun

   Synonyms:
   rubeola

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:3.0 / 3 votes

1. measles

   Synonyms:
   Hard measles, rubeola, 10-day measles

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1. Anthony Fauci:

   Influenza is really a unique virus, so different from diseases like measles and polio that stay essentially stable, and you just got to vaccinate once or get infected, and essentially, you're good for life. That's not the case with flu. It's very complicated with flu.

2. Pang Xinghuo:

   Measles outbreak occurs every four to five years, and now it's on an uprising stage based on its pattern.

3. Michael Burgess:

   It is important for parents to have their children vaccinated, i remember the measles. It was bad. Hard shaking chills doesn't even begin to describe it.

4. Joe Raedle/Getty Images:

   I get a kick out of it when people kind of compare it to (measles, mumps and rubella shots) and things that have been around for decades and decades, parents, by and large, most parents in Florida have opted against doing these booster shots, particularly for young kids.

5. Lon Kightlinger:

   We Americans, we have concocted all of these excuses and reasons to be complacent about measles. The people in Madagascar they have busy lives as well. But when they do have vaccine drives, most of them will come out, travel long distances, and sit in the hot sun for their turn.