English-German translations for measles

• Masern monikko
  Achtzig Prozent der Kinder sind gegen Masern und Kinderlähmung geimpft worden. Eighty per cent of children have been vaccinated against measles and polio.
  Und so treten Krankheiten wie Masern und Röteln, deren Ausrottung bereits in Reichweite schien, wieder verstärkt auf. As a result, diseases such as measles and German measles, which were close to eradication, are beginning to become more widespread.
  Tagtäglich sterben Kinder an Krankheiten, die heilbar sind, wie den Masern, und gegen die es Medikamente gibt. Every day, thousands of children die from diseases that we know how to treat, such as measles, and for which medicinal products exist.

Definition of measles

• Rubeola, an acute highly contagious disease, often of childhood, caused by ''Measles virus'', of genus ''Morbillivirus'', featuring a spreading red skin rash, fever, runny nose, cough and red eyes
• A disease of pigs and cattle, caused by larval tapeworms

Related words

• measle
• antimeasles
• German measles