: a cysticercus tapeworm larva
specifically
: one found in the muscles of a domesticated mammal
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With widespread vaccination, which led to measles being declared eliminated from the US in 2000, SSPE has virtually disappeared in the US.
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Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2025
Similar interactions had sparked epidemics, including measles, amongst the Jarawa indigenous people of the Andaman Islands in 1998.
—M. Rajshekhar, Time, 11 Sep. 2025
The panel will debate recommendations for hepatitis B, COVID-19, and measles vaccines, and could vote on whether to modify the newborn hepatitis B policy.
—Heather Hunter, The Washington Examiner, 10 Sep. 2025
These include the diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis (DTaP) vaccine, the hepatitis B vaccine, Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) vaccine, polio vaccine, and measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine.
—ABC News, 10 Sep. 2025
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Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2025
Similar interactions had sparked epidemics, including measles, amongst the Jarawa indigenous people of the Andaman Islands in 1998.
—M. Rajshekhar, Time, 11 Sep. 2025
The panel will debate recommendations for hepatitis B, COVID-19, and measles vaccines, and could vote on whether to modify the newborn hepatitis B policy.
—Heather Hunter, The Washington Examiner, 10 Sep. 2025
These include the diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis (DTaP) vaccine, the hepatitis B vaccine, Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) vaccine, polio vaccine, and measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine.
—ABC News, 10 Sep. 2025
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“Measle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/measle. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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measle
noun
mea·sle
ˈmē-zəl 
: cysticercus
specifically
: one found in the muscles of a domesticated mammal
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