rubella Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun a contagious viral disease that is a milder form of measles lasting three or four days; can be damaging to a fetus during the first trimester
three-day measles; German measles; epidemic roseola.
WordNet
Ru*bel"la noun
Etymology
NL., fr. L.Definitions
(Med.) An acute specific disease with a dusky red cutaneous eruption resembling that of measles, but unattended by catarrhal symptoms; -- called also German measles .