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morbillous

morbillous adjective: resembling or relating to measles.

Adjective

morbillous (comparative more morbillous, superlative most morbillous)

  1. (archaic) Resembling or relating to measles.
    • morbillous ophthalmia
    • morbillous contagion

Forms of morbillous

comparativemore morbillous
superlativemost morbillous

Origin of morbillous

Latin morbilli (“measles”), diminutive of Latin morbus (“disease”) + -ous: compare French morbilleux.

Questions about morbillous

What does morbillous mean?
Morbillous means resembling or relating to measles.
What part of speech is morbillous?
Morbillous is an adjective.

Words near morbillous in the dictionary

  1. morbillion
  2. morbillions
  3. morbilliviral
  4. morbillivirus
  5. morbilliviruses
  6. morbillous
  7. morbimortality
  8. Morborne
  9. morbose
  10. morbosities
  11. morbosity

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