Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Measle"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Measle \Mea"sle\, n. [OE. mesel, OF. mesel, LL. misellus, L.
misellus unfortunate, dim. of miser. See {Miser}.]
A leper. [Obs.] [Written also {meazel}, and {mesel}.]
--Wyclif (Matt. x. 8. ).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Measle \Mea"sle\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A tapeworm larva. See 2d {Measles}, 4.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cysticerce \Cys"ti*cerce\ (s?s"t?-s?rs), Cysticercus
\Cys`ti*cer"cus\ (-s?r"k?s), n. [NL. cysticercus, fr. Gr. ????
bladder + ???? tail: cf. F. cysticerque.] (Zo["o]l.)
The larval form of a tapeworm, having the head and neck of a
tapeworm attached to a saclike body filled with fluid; --
called also {bladder worm}, {hydatid}, and {measle} (as, pork
measle).
Note: These larvae live in the tissues of various living
animals, and, when swallowed by a suitable carnivorous
animal, develop into adult tapeworms in the intestine.
See {Measles}, 4, {Tapeworm}.
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