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measles in Arabic

حَصْبَة ḥaṣba

UK/ˈmiːzəlz//ˈmizəlz/

measles in Arabic: حَصْبَة (ḥaṣba). In English, measles means an acute and highly contagious disease which often afflicts children caused by the virus Measles morbillivirus and causing red rashes, fever, runny nose, coughing, and red eyes.

Arabic words for measles

disease caused by M. morbillivirus
حَصْبَة ḥaṣba

English meaning of measles

  1. noun An acute and highly contagious disease which often afflicts children caused by the virus Measles morbillivirus and causing red rashes, fever, runny nose, coughing, and red eyes.
  2. noun Synonym of cysticercosis: A disease of livestock or meat caused by the presence of tapeworm larvae.
  3. noun Any disease causing a tree's bark to become rough and irregular.
  4. noun A discreet assassination made to look like death from natural causes.

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Questions about measles in Arabic

What is the meaning of measles in Arabic?
Measles in Arabic is حَصْبَة (ḥaṣba).
ما معنى كلمة measles؟
Measles: حَصْبَة (ḥaṣba).
What does measles mean in English?
Measles means an acute and highly contagious disease which often afflicts children caused by the virus Measles morbillivirus and causing red rashes, fever, runny nose, coughing, and red eyes.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: measles (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Arabic words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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