morbilli

[ mawr-bil-ahy ]

noun(used with a singular verb)Pathology.

Origin of morbilli

1
1685–95; <Medieval Latin, plural of morbillus pustule, equivalent to Latin morb(us) sickness + -illus diminutive suffix

Words Nearby morbilli

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How to use morbilli in a sentence

  • Diseases universal and infectious—like morphoea, serpigo, lepra, variolae et morbilli.

    Gilbertus Anglicus | Henry Ebenezer Handerson
  • Variolae et morbilli arise from moist matter confined in the body and turbid, like turbid blood.

    Gilbertus Anglicus | Henry Ebenezer Handerson
  • morbilli is a mild disease, but requires protection from cold, which confines and coagulates the peccant matter.

    Gilbertus Anglicus | Henry Ebenezer Handerson
  • Gilbert classifies variolae et morbilli among the universal and infectious diseases, and in the species apostemata.

    Gilbertus Anglicus | Henry Ebenezer Handerson
  • But the passage quoted is of interest as using the old word mesles to mean one of the two forms of morbilli or punctilli.

British Dictionary definitions for morbilli

morbilli

/ (mɔːˈbɪlaɪ) /


noun
  1. a technical name for measles

Origin of morbilli

1
C17: from Medieval Latin morbillus pustule, diminutive of Latin morbus illness

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