rubella

rubella definition - medical

ru·bel·la (ro͞o-bĕlˈə)

noun
A mild contagious eruptive disease that is caused by the rubella virus and is capable of producing congenital defects in infants born to mothers infected during the first three months of pregnancy. Also called epidemic roseola, German measles, three-day measles.

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