Rubeola

(ru-be'-o-lah). Rotheln; Rubella, or German Measles; French Aleasles; an acute, specific, exanthematous, contagious disease of childhood, characterized by enlargement of the superficial lymphatic glands, especially those of the neck, by catarrhal symptoms, and by an eruption appearing first upon the face and scalp, and consisting of small rose-colored spots. It is followed by a slight, branny desquamation. The period of incubation is usually eleven or twelve days. The term rubeola was formerly used synonymously with measles. See Exanthemata, Table of. R. confluens. See Scarlet Fever. R. malign a. Synonym of Black Measles. R. nigra, R. scorbutic a, black measles. R. notha, an anomalous form of measles, with a papular eruption, the papula; not being arranged in crescentic clusters, being le obvious, and not appearing at all, or showing themselves but imperfectly, on the limbs. The patches are of dusky hue, and there is no distinct sore-throat, but considerable constitutional disturbance. R. scar latinos a. See Scarlatina. R. vulgar is. See Measles .