Measles

·noun A disease of trees.

II. Measles ·noun Leprosy; also, a leper.

III. Measles ·noun The larvae of any tapeworm (Taenia) in the cysticerus stage, when contained in meat. Called also bladder worms.

IV. Measles ·noun A disease of cattle and swine in which the flesh is filled with the embryos of different varieties of the tapeworm.

V. Measles ·noun 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.