morbilo

Esperanto

Infano trafita pro morbilo

Etymology

From Italian morbillo, from Medieval Latin, ultimately from Latin morbus (“disease”) + -illus (diminutive suffix). Compare English morbilli.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): [morˈbilo]
• Rhymes: -ilo
• Hyphenation: mor‧bi‧lo

Noun

morbilo (uncountable, accusative morbilon)

1. measles
   • 1998 March, Vladimir Lemelev, “Homo, kiu savis milionojn”, in Monato, page 12:

     La sukceso de la kontraŭ-variola kampanjo rezultigis plian programon de vakcinado kontraŭ ses malsanoj: tuberkulozo, difterio, kokluŝo, morbilo, poliomjelito kaj tetano.

     The success of the anti-smallpox campaign resulted in additional vaccination programs against six diseases: tuberculosis, diphtheria, whooping cough, measles, polio and tetanus.