rubella en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ɹuːˈbɛlə/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From Latin rubellus (“reddish”), diminutive of ruber (“red”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ-.
Meanings
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(uncountable) A mild disease caused by the Rubella virus infecting the respiratory tract, and characterised by a rash of pink dots, fever and swollen lymph nodes.
They have congenital rubella syndrome, which they acquired during an outbreak of the rubella virus, or German measles.
2016 September 8, Jessica Ravitz, “Can forgotten rubella children of the ’60s hold clue for Zika babies?”, in CNN:At issue is the so-called MMR vaccine, which immunizes children against measles, mumps and rubella, three potentially deadly diseases that were once common and have been mostly wiped out.
2002 February 10, Sarah Lyall, “Britain Tries to Quell Fear Over Vaccine for Children”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 14 Feb 2021:
Deriveds
rubellalike · nonrubella · postrubella · antirubella
Synonyms
3-day measles (mild disease) · three-day measles (mild disease) · epidemic roseola (mild disease) · French measles (mild disease) · German measles (mild disease) · Liberty measles (mild disease) · false measles (mild disease)
Translations (51)
bg рубеола (disease caused by the Rubella virus infecting the respiratory tract) · tr kızamıkçık (disease caused by the Rubella virus infecting the respiratory tract) · mn ᠰᠡᠷᠬᠡᠨᠦᠳ (disease caused by the Rubella virus infecting the respiratory tract) · cmn 風疹 /风疹 (disease caused by the Rubella virus infecting the respiratory tract) · be красну́ха (disease caused by the Rubella virus infecting the respiratory tract) · ca rubèola (disease caused by the Rubella virus infecting the respiratory tract) · pt rubéola (disease caused by the Rubella virus infecting the respiratory tract) · de Röteln (disease caused by the Rubella virus infecting the respiratory tract) · hu rubeola (disease caused by the Rubella virus infecting the respiratory tract) · ja 風疹 (disease caused by the Rubella virus infecting the respiratory tract) · az məxmərək (disease caused by the Rubella virus infecting the respiratory tract) · uk красну́ха (disease caused by the Rubella virus infecting the respiratory tract) · he אַדֶּמֶת (disease caused by the Rubella virus infecting the respiratory tract) · cmn 三日麻疹 (disease caused by the Rubella virus infecting the respiratory tract) · lb Riselen (disease caused by the Rubella virus infecting the respiratory tract) · id rubela (disease caused by the Rubella virus infecting the respiratory tract) · lt raudonukė (disease caused by the Rubella virus infecting the respiratory tract) · it rosolia (disease caused by the Rubella virus infecting the respiratory tract) · ru красну́ха (disease caused by the Rubella virus infecting the respiratory tract) · sk ružienka (disease caused by the Rubella virus infecting the respiratory tract) · el ερυθρά (disease caused by the Rubella virus infecting the respiratory tract) · mn улаан эсэргэнэ (disease caused by the Rubella virus infecting the respiratory tract) · cs zarděnky (disease caused by the Rubella virus infecting the respiratory tract) · es rubéola (disease caused by the Rubella virus infecting the respiratory tract) · sv röda hund (disease caused by the Rubella virus infecting the respiratory tract) · fr rubéole (disease caused by the Rubella virus infecting the respiratory tract) · nl rubella (disease caused by the Rubella virus infecting the respiratory tract) · scn russànija (disease caused by the Rubella virus infecting the respiratory tract) · mn сэрхнэд (disease caused by the Rubella virus infecting the respiratory tract) · tl tigdas-hangin (disease caused by the Rubella virus infecting the respiratory tract) · cy brech goch yr Almaen (disease caused by the Rubella virus infecting the respiratory tract) · pl kur (disease caused by the Rubella virus infecting the respiratory tract) · eo rubeolo (disease caused by the Rubella virus infecting the respiratory tract) · ja 三日はしか (disease caused by the Rubella virus infecting the respiratory tract) · ja 三日ばしか (disease caused by the Rubella virus infecting the respiratory tract) · ga bruitíneach dhearg (disease caused by the Rubella virus infecting the respiratory tract) · mn улаанууд (disease caused by the Rubella virus infecting the respiratory tract) · sk rubeola (disease caused by the Rubella virus infecting the respiratory tract) · nl rodehond (disease caused by the Rubella virus infecting the respiratory tract) · fi vihurirokko (disease caused by the Rubella virus infecting the respiratory tract) · mn ᠤᠯᠠᠭᠠᠨ ᠡᠰᠡᠷᠭᠡᠨᠡ (disease caused by the Rubella virus infecting the respiratory tract) · cmn 德國麻疹 /德国麻疹 (disease caused by the Rubella virus infecting the respiratory tract) · da røde hunde (disease caused by the Rubella virus infecting the respiratory tract) · mn ᠤᠯᠠᠭᠠᠨᠤᠳ ᠰᠠᠯᠬᠢᠨ ᠡᠰᠡᠷᠭᠡᠨᠡ (disease caused by the Rubella virus infecting the respiratory tract) · hu rózsahimlő (disease caused by the Rubella virus infecting the respiratory tract) · cy rwbela (disease caused by the Rubella virus infecting the respiratory tract) · mn салхин эсэргэнэ (disease caused by the Rubella virus infecting the respiratory tract) · pl różyczka (disease caused by the Rubella virus infecting the respiratory tract) · cy y frech Almaenig (disease caused by the Rubella virus infecting the respiratory tract) · hy կարմրախտ (disease caused by the Rubella virus infecting the respiratory tract) · id campak Jerman (disease caused by the Rubella virus infecting the respiratory tract)