rubeola

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After all, wouldn't you rather listen to a lie and let your children suffer polio, rubella, rubeola, mumps, hepatitis B, the whooping cough, varicella, variola, and so on?

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  • After all, wouldn't you rather listen to a lie and let your children suffer polio, rubella, rubeola, mumps, hepatitis B, the whooping cough, varicella, variola, and so on? —  Bad Astronomy
  • It's something like the eruptions in rubeola. —  Disturbing Sun
  • "Have you had any experience with rubeola?" she queried finally. —  The Bat
  • "Young man, urticaria is hives, rubeola is measles, and alopecia is baldness!" she thundered. —  The Bat
  • Measles was historically called rubeola. —  New York News, Weather, Sports & Traffic - WCBSTV.com
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  1. From Latin, neuter pl. diminutive of rubeus, red; see reudh- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. New Latin, diminutive, from Latin rubeus, red: see ruby.
 

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/ruˈbiələ/
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