black measles

American  

noun

Pathology.

1. a severe form of measles characterized by dark, hemorrhagic eruptions.

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black measles British  

plural noun

1. (often functioning as singular) a severe form of measles characterized by dark eruptions caused by bleeding under the skin

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Example Sentences

The thought of black measles frightened Mrs. Bear.

From The Tale of Cuffy Bear by Bailey, Arthur Scott

At this stage of the disease the eruption greatly suggests an intense rubeolous exanthem, and has been, as a result, repeatedly mistaken for the so-called black measles.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

After that he had gone on his way to mend trouble on the atoll of Tasman, where a plague of black measles had broken out and been ascribed to Grief's plantation by the devil-devil doctors.

From A Son Of The Sun by London, Jack

These forms are popularly known as black fevers, that is, black measles, black scarlet fever, etc.

From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by ?Malley, Austin

There was an epidemic of "black measles" going through the town at the time in the overcrowded quarters of the "Boer refugees," as they were called.

From The Petticoat Commando Boer Women in Secret Service by Brandt, Johanna