measles
/ˈmizəlz/ noun B2- An acute and highly contagious disease which often afflicts children caused by the virus Measles morbillivirus and causing red rashes, fever, runny nose, coughing, and red eyes.
- Synonym of cysticercosis: A disease of livestock or meat caused by the presence of tapeworm larvae.
- A discreet assassination made to look like death from natural causes.
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“Just the same as though you prayed that a physician might only be called upon to prescribe for headaches, measles, and the stings of wasps, or any other slight affection of the epidermis.
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