Medical Dictionary
German measles
noun pl but singular or pl in constr
Medical Definition of GERMAN MEASLES
: an acute contagious disease that is milder than typical measles but is damaging to the fetus when occurring early in pregnancy and that is caused by a togavirus (species Rubella virus of the genus Rubivirus)—called also rubella
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