RUBEOLA

(Lat.), n. f. Rub(ru4b)-e(es)'oal-a3. From rubere, to be red. Fr., rubeole(lst def.),erythemescarlatiniforme (1st def.), rouyeole (2d def.). Ger., Rotheln, rother Hund, Feuermasern, Feuerflecken (all 1st def.). 1. Bastard (or German) measles, anomalous exanthem; an acute infectious variety of roseola, of mild character and short duration, chiefly characterized by an exanthem that bears some resemblance to that of measles. The eruption consists of small red spots or slightly elevated papules without sharply defined borders, which are rarely grouped in the crescentic figures observed in measles. R. is accompanied with brief fever and usually with catarrhal symptoms in the respiratory pa ages and often in the eyes. The eruption disappears in a few days with little or no desquamation. [G.] 2. Measles. In this sense tne word is now little used. R. anormis. Fr.,rougeoleanoiTnale. Measles of an irregular or abnormal type (e. g., morbilli malign i). [G.] R. confluens. See Scarlet FEVER. R. nialigna. See MORBILLI maliyni and Black MEASLES (1st def.). R. morbillosa. See R. (1st def A R. iiigra. See MORBILLI hcemorrhagici.'R. notha. See R. (1st def.). R. scar latinos a. See SCARLATINA variegata.'R. scorbutira. See MORBILLI hasmorrhagici and MORBILLI malign i. 'R. vetenmi. R. of the old writers; scarlatina. [G, 7.] R. vulgar is. See MEASLES. [s. 418]