transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈmē-zəlz ]
noun plural but singular or plural in construction
Etymology: Middle English meseles, plural of mesel measles, spot characteristic of measles; akin to Middle Dutch masel spot characteristic of measles
Date: 14th century
1.
a. : an acute contagious disease that is caused by a morbillivirus (species Measles virus ) and is marked especially by an eruption of distinct red circular spots
b. : any of various eruptive diseases (as German measles)
2.
[Middle English mesel infested with tapeworms, literally, leprous, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin misellus leper, from Latin, wretch, from misellus, diminutive of miser miserable]
: infestation with or disease caused by larval tapeworms in the muscles and tissues