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rubella


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Rubella  \Ru*bel"la\,  n.  [NL.,  fr  L.  rubellus  reddish.]  (Med.) 
  An  acute  specific  disease  with  a  dusky  red  cutaneous  eruption 
  resembling  that  of  measles,  but  unattended  by  catarrhal 
  symptoms;  --  called  also  {German  measles}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  rubella 
  n  :  milder  than  measles  but  damaging  to  the  fetus  during  the 
  first  trimester  [syn:  {German  measles}] 




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