measle

noun

mea·sle ˈmē-zəl

: a cysticercus tapeworm larva

specifically : one found in the muscles of a domesticated mammal

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Vaccination was key to ridding the U.S. of measles, declared eliminated here in 2000. —

Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 28 Jan. 2025 Just before a measles outbreak in 2019 in which 83 people died, Kennedy toured the country and later wrote to the prime minister falsely blaming the vaccine for the deaths instead of measles. —

Selena Simmons-Duffin, NPR, 28 Jan. 2025 In spite of her severe case of measles, her family was caring for her at home because the hospital was filled beyond capacity and there weren’t enough doctors, nurses or beds to accommodate her. —

Ars Technica, 27 Jan. 2025 Kennedy has never acknowledged the damage measles caused in Samoa and continues to promote conspiracy theories about the lives lost. —

Brandy Zadrozny, NBC News, 24 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for measle