KOPLIK'S SPOTS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Small red spots with white centers found on the mucous membranes of the mouth and tongue; symptom of measles that appears one or two days before the measles rash appears

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Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("Koplik's spots" is a kind of...):

symptom ((medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease)

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