Difference between Measles and Morbilli

What is the difference between Measles and Morbilli?

Measles as a noun is rubeola, an acute highly contagious disease, (often of childhood) caused by a virus, featuring a spreading red skin rash, fever, runny nose, cough and red eyes while Morbilli as a noun is measles, rubeola

Measles

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Rubeola, an acute highly contagious disease, (often of childhood) caused by a virus, featuring a spreading red skin rash, fever, runny nose, cough and red eyes Any of several other similar diseases, such as German measles. Rubeola, an acute highly contagious disease, often of childhood, caused by Measles virus, of genus Morbillivirus, featuring a spreading red skin rash, fever, runny nose, cough and red eyes Leprosy.

Example sentence: Having children made us look differently at all these things that we take for granted, like taking your child to get a vaccine against measles or polio.

Morbilli

Part of speech: noun

Definition: measles, rubeola

We hope you now know whether to use Measles or Morbilli in your sentence.

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