bladder worms

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bladder worms - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Measles \Mea"sles\, n.; pl. in form, but used as singular in
     senses 1, 2, & 3. [D. mazelen; akin to G. masern, pl., and E.
     mazer, and orig. meaning, little spots. See Mazer.]
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     1. (Med.) A contagious viral febrile disorder commencing with
        catarrhal symptoms, and marked by the appearance on the
        third day of an eruption of distinct red circular spots,
        which coalesce in a crescentic form, are slightly raised
        above the surface, and after the fourth day of the
        eruption gradually decline; rubeola. It is a common
        childhood disease.
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              Measles commences with the ordinary symptoms of
              fever.                                --Am. Cyc.
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     2. (Veter. Med.) A disease of cattle and swine in which the
        flesh is filled with the embryos of different varieties of
        the tapeworm.
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     3. A disease of trees. [Obs.]
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     4. pl. (Zool.) The larvae of any tapeworm (Taenia) in the
        cysticerus stage, when contained in meat. Called also
        bladder worms.
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     German measles A mild contagious viral disease, which may
        cause birth defects if contracted by a pregnant woman
        during early pregnancy; also called rubella.
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