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UK
/ɹuːbˈɛlɐ/
]
[ US /ɹuˈbɛɫə/ ]
[ US /ɹuˈbɛɫə/ ]
NOUN
- a contagious viral disease that is a milder form of measles lasting three or four days; can be damaging to a fetus during the first trimester
How To Use rubella In A Sentence
- Measles, mumps and rubella are unpleasant diseases and an epidemic in this country would be disastrous.
- Her mother Mandy, 38, has now urged all parents to have their children vaccinated with the MMR jab, which protects children against measles, mumps and rubella.
- Cytomegalovirus is a less well-known infection which affects considerably greater numbers of babies than rubella.
- Animal research has led to vaccines for rabies, smallpox, rubella, measles and anthrax.
- It said evidence pointed overwhelmingly to MMR as the most effective and safest way of protecting children from measles, mumps and rubella.
- Other viral illnesses such as mumps and rubella may also trigger Bell's palsy.
- Rubella is just another name for German measles.
- Our data do not show a real increase in the incidence of congenital rubella.
- Congenital toxoplasmosis can mimic disease caused by organisms such as herpes simplex virus, cytomegalovirus, and rubella virus.
- Other viral illnesses such as mumps and rubella may also trigger Bell's palsy.
