Rubella

//ɹuːˈbɛlə// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A mild disease caused by the Rubella virus infecting the respiratory tract, and characterised by a rash of pink dots, fever and swollen lymph nodes. uncountable

    "At issue is the so-called MMR vaccine, which immunizes children against measles, mumps and rubella, three potentially deadly diseases that were once common and have been mostly wiped out."

  2. 2
    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 wordnet

Etymology

From Latin rubellus (“reddish”), diminutive of ruber (“red”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ-.

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