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. Celine Gounder:

   Measles is also pneumonia, brain infection, it's the leading cause of childhood blindness in the world, if you want to do something natural, vaccination is far more natural than if your child ends up on a ventilator or needing antibiotics or if they end up with a brain infection so if you are trying to balance what's the most natural way to take care of your child, I would say measles vaccine is pretty high up there.

2. Anne Schuchat:

   Measles is extremely contagious, if one person has it, 90 percent of the [unvaccinated] people close to the person who has it will also become infected.

3. Ron Chapman:

   Based on information from current cases, it is likely that a person infectious with measles was at one of the theme parks on these dates, if you have symptoms, and believe you may have been exposed, please contact your health care provider.

4. Alex Azar:

   Two vaccines, each with 95 % efficacy, rivaling the 98 % efficacy of our measles vaccine. Produced in some of the largest vaccine clinical trials ever conducted in history. Over 40,000 patients in each of these clinical trials demonstrating good safety profiles.

5. Will Humble:

   Measles can take up to 21 days to develop in a person who has been exposed to the disease, so we're not out of the woods quite yet ... but if we don't get any new cases by Valentine's Day, this outbreak is likely over for Arizona.