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Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Latin sirimpiōnem (“a kind of skin rash”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /saɾamˈpjon/
- Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: sa‧ram‧pión
Noun
sarampión m (countable and uncountable, plural sarampiones)
- measles
1799, Joseph Quarin, “Del sarampión”, in Antonio Lavedán, transl., Prontuario de medicina clínica ó práctica, Madrid, page 88:Los sarampiones atacan á los hombres en toda edad; pero mas freqüentemente en la tierna.- Measles attack men at any age, but more frequently at a young one.
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