usually treated as singularA contagious viral disease, with symptoms like mild measles. It can cause fetal malformation if caught in early pregnancy.
风疹（传染性病毒疾病，症状似轻度麻疹。怀孕早期感染此病可导致胎儿畸形）。亦称RUBELLA
Also called rubella
Example sentencesExamples
We have a tradition of associating diseases (often wrongly) with foreign parts - Dutch elm disease, German measles, Spanish flu.
By eleven, he had developed asthma, contracted German measles, suffered from bronchitis, and had his appendix removed.
She may need to be vaccinated against the German measles.
Occasional outbreaks of German measles, whooping cough, polio, and other contagious diseases prompt public health campaigns to immunize Amish children.
A survey of immunity in Australian pre-school children has found higher than expected levels of antibodies to measles and German measles (rubella).
Definition of German measles in US English:
German measles
plural nounˈˌdʒərmən ˈmizəlzˈˌjərmən ˈmēzəlz
another term for rubella
Example sentencesExamples
By eleven, he had developed asthma, contracted German measles, suffered from bronchitis, and had his appendix removed.
Occasional outbreaks of German measles, whooping cough, polio, and other contagious diseases prompt public health campaigns to immunize Amish children.
She may need to be vaccinated against the German measles.
We have a tradition of associating diseases (often wrongly) with foreign parts - Dutch elm disease, German measles, Spanish flu.
A survey of immunity in Australian pre-school children has found higher than expected levels of antibodies to measles and German measles (rubella).