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karawaka Tiamana

1. (loan) (noun) rubella, German measles, three-day measles.

Ko te karawaka Tiamana te pūtake o te māuiui ngāwari ka whakaputa i te kōpukupuku me te mamae monamona. He mate taumaha mēnā ka pāngia te wahine e te karawaka Tiamana i ngā marama tuatahi o te hapūtanga. Ka pāngia pea tāna pēpi e ngā raruraru taumaha i te whānautanga, pēnei i te turi, te kāpō, te mate manawa me te mate roro (HE 2017). / Rubella causes a mild illness with a rash and joint pain. It is serious if a pregnant woman catches rubella in the first months of her pregnancy. Her baby may be born with serious problems, such as deafness, blindness, heart defects and brain damage.

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