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noun
Rubella.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: offensive, plural, plural-only, possibly
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: rubella, three-day measles, epidemic roseola
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: measles, rubeola, morbilli
History
First described and distinguished from rubeola, red measles by the German doctor Friedrich Hoffmann in 1740
