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1. n. Leprosy; also, a leper.
2. n. A contagious febrile disorder commencing with catarrhal symptoms, and marked by the appearance on the third day of an eruption of distinct red circular spots, which coalesce in a crescentic form, are slightly raised above the surface, and after the fourth day of the eruption gradually decline; rubeola.
3. n. A disease of cattle and swine in which the flesh is filled with the embryos of different varieties of the tapeworm.
4. n. A disease of trees.
5. n. The larvae of any tapeworm (Taenia) in the cysticerus stage, when contained in meat. Called also bladder worms.
6. n. an acute and highly contagious viral disease marked by distinct red spots followed by a rash; occurs primarily in children
7. Leprosy; also, a leper. [Obs.] 1. (Med.) A contagious febrile disorder commencing with catarrhal symptoms, and marked by the appearance on the third day of an eruption of distinct red circular spots, which coalesce in a crescentic form, are slightly raised above the surface, and after the fourth day of the eruption gradually decline; rubeola. Measles commences with the ordinary symptoms of fever. Am. Cyc. 2. (Veter. Med.) A disease of cattle and swine in which the flesh is filled with the embryos of different varieties of the tapeworm. 3. A disease of trees. [Obs.] 4. pl. (Zoöl.) The larvæ of any tapeworm (Tænia) in the cysticerus stage, when contained in meat. Called also bladder worms.
8. Leprosy; also, a leper. [Obs.]
9. n:100 n. an acute and highly contagious viral disease marked by distinct red spots followed by a rash; occurs primarily in children