morbilli
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of morbilli
1685–95; < Medieval Latin, plural of morbillus pustule, equivalent to Latin morb ( us ) sickness + -illus diminutive suffix
Vocabulary lists containing morbilli
Example Sentences
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Accordingly the common people declare that persons who have suffered from variolae et morbilli never acquire leprosy.
From Gilbertus Anglicus Medicine of the Thirteenth Century by Henry Ebenezer Handerson
In the individual spots we may frequently observe one or several minute, darker-colored papules, due to follicular congestion, which when more intense constitutes the morbilli papulari presently to be described.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
Premising his remarks with a classification of diseases as follows: Diseases universal and infectious—like morphoea, serpigo, lepra, variolae et morbilli.
From Gilbertus Anglicus Medicine of the Thirteenth Century by Henry Ebenezer Handerson
When it is very fine and red, it is called morbilli or veterana.
From Gilbertus Anglicus Medicine of the Thirteenth Century by Henry Ebenezer Handerson
The designation morbilli is the diminutive of the Italian il morbo, the plague.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
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