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Definition of Measle
1. n. A leper.
2. n. A tapeworm larva. See 2d Measles, 4.
Definition of Measle
1. Noun. (obsolete) A leper. ¹
2. Noun. A tapeworm larva. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Measle
1. a tapeworm larva [n -S] : MEASLED [adj]
Medical Definition of Measle
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Measle
Literary usage of Measle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Peninsular Journal of Medicine and the Collateral Sciences edited by Alonzo Benjamin Palmer, Edmund Andrews, Zina Pitcher (1858)
"What is the nature and origin of measle in the pig ? 2. Are all pigs measly ? 3.
Can pork be measly, and that condition be invisible to the naked eye ? 4. ..."
2. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"See measle, 1. Kruit hearers are often infected with the measles, ... Infected with
measles or the measle, as an animal or its flesh, especially pork. ..."
3. Handbook of meat inspection by Robert Ostertag, Earley Vernon Wilcox (1907)
"earliest regulations concerning meat inspection, and ILe frequency of their
occurrence led to the establishment of special sale booths, " measle banks " or ..."
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