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Definition of Morbilli
1. Noun. An acute and highly contagious viral disease marked by distinct red spots followed by a rash; occurs primarily in children.
Generic synonyms: Contagion, Contagious Disease
Specialized synonyms: Epidemic Roseola, German Measles, Rubella, Three-day Measles
Definition of Morbilli
1. Noun. measles, rubeola ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Morbilli
1. a virus disease [n]
Medical Definition of Morbilli
1. Synonym: measles. Origin: Mediev. L. Morbillus, dim. Of L. Morbus, disease (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Morbilli
Literary usage of Morbilli
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Practice of Medicine by Thomas Hawkes Tanner (1870)
"morbilli, or measles, may be described as a continued infectious fever ; the result
... Some authors divide measles into two grades,—the morbilli miliares, ..."
2. Handbook of Geographical and Historical Pathology by August Hirsch (1883)
"OLD VIEWS OP " morbilli :" THE HISTORY DEFECTIVE. IN the writings of the Arabian
... £1. viii (besides the morbilli, there is mention also of exanthems ..."
3. The Diseases of children: A Practical and Systematic Work for Practitioners by William Henry Day (1881)
"... Arabian physicians in the twelfth century ; but measles and scarlet fever
continued to be looked upon as one disease, which was designated ' morbilli. ..."
4. Essentials of Diagnosis by Solomon Solis-Cohen, Augustus Adolph Eshner (1902)
"Upon what does the diagnosis of morbilli depend"? morbilli or measles, also called
rubeola, is an acute, contagious disease, common in children, ..."
5. A Biennial Retrospect of Medicine, Surgery and Their Allied Sciences by New Sydenham Society (1875)
"Measles (morbilli) and ... twenty-four hours), in the long period of incubation (about
three weeks), and in the absence of desquamation. Steiner ("morbilli ..."
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