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rubella

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7 lettersPronunciation /ɹuːˈbɛlə/Part of speech nounSorted abellruStarts with REnds with A0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. A contagious viral illness also known as German measles.

Word origin

From Latin rubellus (“reddish”), diminutive of ruber (“red”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ-.

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  • At issue is the so-called MMR vaccine, which immunizes children against measles, mumps and rubella, three potentially deadly diseases that were once common and have been mostly wiped out.
  • They have congenital rubella syndrome, which they acquired during an outbreak of the rubella virus, or German measles.

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