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three-day measles

British  

noun

  1. pathol an informal name for rubella

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Only rarely does the virus of three-day measles lead to pneumonia or brain inflammation.

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Although the purpose of vaccination against German, or "three-day," measles is to protect pregnant women for the sake of the unborn, the plan is not to vaccinate women.*

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It is a vaccine to protect against German measles, folk-named "three-day measles" and technically rubella.

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