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Rubella
//ɹuːˈbɛlə// noun
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Noun
- 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 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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