What's the difference between measles and measly?

Measles


Definition:

  • (n.) Leprosy; also, a leper.
  • (n.) A contagious febrile disorder commencing with catarrhal symptoms, and marked by the appearance on the third day of an eruption of distinct red circular spots, which coalesce in a crescentic form, are slightly raised above the surface, and after the fourth day of the eruption gradually decline; rubeola.
  • (n.) A disease of cattle and swine in which the flesh is filled with the embryos of different varieties of the tapeworm.
  • (n.) A disease of trees.
  • (n.) The larvae of any tapeworm (Taenia) in the cysticerus stage, when contained in meat. Called also bladder worms.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) By 1978, the reduction in incidence of measles will exceed 90%.
  • (2) In an effort to identify the optimal dose and strain of measles vaccination for early immunization, Peruvian infants were randomly assigned to receive one of three measles vaccines in varying doses at 5 to 6 or 8 to 9 months of age.
  • (3) Five potential N-linked glycosylation sites are present in the measles H protein sequence.
  • (4) From our data, more than 1 X 10(6) antibody molecules must bind to each cell infected with measles virus before complement dependent lysis can occur in a homologous test system.
  • (5) The results showed that measles virus produced three size classes of plus-sense N-containing RNA species corresponding to monocistronic N RNA, bicistronic NP RNA, and antigenomes.
  • (6) The relatively high HI titres observed, particularly in adults, imply that antigenic restimulation of antibody against measles occurs and thus that coverage by immunization remains inadequate.
  • (7) Foremost among the predisposing factors were measles (25%), empyema thoraxis (17%), and unconsciousness (13%).
  • (8) A resurgence of measles, a highly infectious viral infection, has occurred in the United States.
  • (9) Unvaccinated children had a mortality hazard ratio of 3.0 compared with vaccinated children (P = .002), indicating a protective efficacy against death of 66% (CI 32%-83%) of measles vaccination.
  • (10) While measles virus caused extensive damage to nervous tissue, the SSPE strains, in general, exerted a less deleterious effect.
  • (11) Measles and rubella antibody titres in patients with and without HLA-Dw2 and HLA-B7 antigens were compared using a sensitive radioimmunoassay method.
  • (12) The reduced anti-M antibody in sera from patients with SSPE was demonstrated whether immune precipitation was performed with wild-type measles virus or SSPE virus proteins.
  • (13) Ninety per cent of children who had pre-vaccination measles antibodies showed a two-fold or more rise in HI antibodies.
  • (14) The antibody response to the measles component was marginally better in the older group, but no differences were observed in the response to the mumps and rubella components.
  • (15) It is suggested that malnourished children in the community or the very young can be safely and effectively vaccinated against measles.
  • (16) Age at measles contraction was obtained and analyzed for 44 SSPE patients identified in Karachi between 1983 and 1988.
  • (17) From these libraries, a measles virus specific sequence corresponding to 885 of 1600 nucleotides of the measles virus phosphoprotein gene has been cloned.
  • (18) Homogeneous IgG bands were separated by preparative agarose electrophoresis and were found to represent measles virus-specific antibodies.
  • (19) Cross-sectional surveys of the measles immunisation status of resident 6-23-month-old infants were conducted immediately before, immediately after, and approximately 2 months after the campaign in order to determine the effectiveness of a mass campaign in boosting coverage in an area with a high influx rate.
  • (20) Biopsies from controls did not show evidence of measles virus.

Measly


Definition:

  • (a.) Infected with measles.
  • (a.) Containing larval tapeworms; -- said of pork and beef.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) No wonder some older persons are drinking more than the permitted amount, which seems rather measly anyway.
  • (2) Really I suspect I’d be bored stiff, and anyway, like many people my age, I couldn’t afford it because my pension – combined state and measly private one – is too small.
  • (3) After shutting out San Francisco, allowing a measly four hits and striking out seven, the free agent to be politely fended off comparisons to Sandy Koufax , who was dramatically summoned from the bullpen by manager Don Mattingly to throw out the ceremonial first pitch.
  • (4) We are the largest per capita emitter of carbon pollution of any developed country and the Turnbull government’s measly reduction targets will keep it that way.” But Frank Jotzo, associate professor at the Australian National University’s Crawford School, said while Australia’s financial contribution could be larger, the move signalled a much more positive approach to the Paris negotiations by the Coalition .
  • (5) The candleholder, by contrast, produced a ratings drop of a measly three points.
  • (6) Clearly, the greatest thing on TV right now is Channel 4's Homeland ( Sun, 9pm ), a strong acquisition, currently being fed to the UK in measly weekly ad-filled 45-minute morsels.
  • (7) The measly amount is not topped up with housing benefit, because that does not exist.
  • (8) And Labour delivered 63% of its 2015 vote to remain , not that much lower than the Liberal Democrats’ 70%, and way above the Conservatives’ measly 42%.
  • (9) Average pay among the top tenth of earners has increased by 1.8% over the past year, to £26.75 an hour, while the bottom tenth saw a measly 0.1% rise, to £7.01.
  • (10) Not that you care, NatWest, but one machine more, and one cashier less, and I'm warning you, I'm taking my account and measly savings elsewhere.
  • (11) Liverpool’s glaring weakness was in attack last season, where their recognised strikers Daniel Sturridge, Lambert, Balotelli and Fabio Borini produced a measly eight Premier League goals combined.
  • (12) Paternity leave is paid at a measly £136 a week – £100 less than a full-time job on minimum wage – and the government's recent shared parental leave is so complicated and filled with loopholes that it is expected that only 4% of dads will take it up.
  • (13) "Over the last year the number of savings accounts that beat inflation for basic rate taxpayers has dropped successively from 91 to a measly five today.
  • (14) Last year's The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 got a measly 25% "rotten" rating on the review aggregator site rottentomatoes.com .
  • (15) He has left One Direction’s channel , with its measly 10 million subscribers, for dust.
  • (16) Every conceivable lever has been pulled to get growth going again – interest rates at 0.5%, a budget deficit worth 11% of national output, and £200bn of quantitative easing – yet the economy managed to grow by just a measly 0.2%.
  • (17) He introduces me to a young Unite activist who works in a Lloyds Bank call centre, and has managed to recruit most of its workforce, as well as take issue with a measly pay offer.
  • (18) In September 2007, Hayward took over at BP following a "dreadful" quarter: profits had slumped 12%, to a measly $5.3bn.
  • (19) At this year’s general election, turnout among the over-65s was 78%, as against a measly 43% for 18-24 year olds.
  • (20) Many had written off the 22-year-old after an injury-disrupted first season at Spurs in which he managed a measly three league starts.

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