Koplik's spots

noun

Clustered white lesions on the buccal mucosa, a prodromic viral enanthem of measles.

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Meanings

nounKoplik's spots pl (plural only)
  1. pluralplural onlymedicineClustered white lesions on the buccal mucosa, a prodromic viral enanthem of measles.

Origin

Named after Henry Koplik (1858-1927), an American pediatrician who published a short description of them in 1896.

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Koplik's spots. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Koplik's%20spots

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“Koplik's spots.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Koplik's%20spots. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Koplik's spots,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Koplik's%20spots.

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