Definition of "morbilli" []

• Measles, rubeola (noun)

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• "- Also called rubeola and morbilli, it is one of the commonest childhood infectious exanthems."
• "Gilbert classifies _variolae et morbilli_ among the universal and infectious diseases, and in the species _apostemata_."
• "The distinction between _variolae_ and _morbilli_ is in the form and matter of the disease, for in _variolae_ the pustules are large and the matter bilious (_colerica_), while in morbilli the eruption is smaller and does not penetrate the skin (_non-pertransit cutem_)."