Measles

1. Rubeola, Morbilli. An acute, infectious disease, characterized by a peculiar eruption and by catarrhal inflammation of the mucous membranes of the conjunctiva and the air-pa ages. The period of in cuba don is nearly two weeks. The eruption is of a peculiar reddish color and a umes the form of concentric patches. The disease affects principally the young, is exceedingly contagious, and one attack of it confers almost perpetual immunity. 2. Fr., ladrtrie; Ger., Finnen. A disease of the pig, the ox, the sheep, the reindeer, the dog, the cat, and man, due to the presence in the muscles, connective ti ue, the brain, and other organs, of the finns or larvae of various tapeworms; a form of cysticercosis. See Cysticercus , under Parasites. M., Anomalous, a form in which the symptoms are irregular, either the fever, catarrh, or eruption being absent. M., Bastard. S win of Rotheln. M., Benign, measles running through its ordinary course. M., Black, a very malignant, usually hemorrhagic form of measles. M., Camp, an epidemic form occurring among soldiers. M., Choler i form. a form in which choleraic symptoms supervene. M., Dyspneic, a grave form a ociated with congestion of the lungs and speedy death. It is most frequent in infants and young soldiers. M., False. Synonvm of Rotheln. M., Fire. See Rotheln. M.. French. Synonym of Rotheln. M., German. Synonym of Rotheln. M., Hemorrhagic, a form in which the eruption is hemorrhagic in type. M., Malignant, a fatal form with petechiae, diarrhea and extreme 'prostration. M., Putrid, the same as -1/, Malignant. M., Typhoid, a severe form attended by hyperpyrexia and marked prostration.