Measles and Rubeola

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Measles noun - An acute and highly contagious viral disease marked by distinct red spots followed by a rash; occurs primarily in children.

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Rubeola is a synonym for measles. In some cases you can use "Rubeola" instead a noun "Measles".

Rubeola noun - An acute and highly contagious viral disease marked by distinct red spots followed by a rash; occurs primarily in children.

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Measles is a synonym for rubeola. You can use "Measles" instead a noun "Rubeola".

Apollo 13 does this with the news that Ken Mattingly, due to his being exposed to German measlesnote It's simply called "the measles" in-film, but the disease that was involved in real life was rubella, not rubeola would be kicked off the flight and replaced by Jack Swigert.

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