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A morbiliform rash is a rash that resembles the type of rash that appears during a measles infection. Literally, morbiliform means "measles-like." It is a maculopapular rash that usually distributes symmetrically across the body. Maculopapular means that the rash has both elements of a macule and a papule. Saying it is a macule means that it is flat and well circumscribed and generally less than 1cm in diameter. Saying that it is a papule means that it is also solid and elevated above the rest of the skin. Classically we associate this kind of skin eruption with a reaction to taking a specific drug. Amoxicillin has been know to do this in a notable portion of the population.

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