We had to cancel the party because she had measles.
Measles is not something fun to have.
He was sick with measles.
My grandmother had measles when she was a baby. I would never want to catch measles.
There was an epidemic outbreak of measles in the summer of 1978. The measles outbreak has reached epidemic proportions in 1978.
The noun measles, a word for a viral disease, is plural in structure but singular in meaning. The noun measles is an uncountable (mass) noun.The word "measles" is plural when referring to the spots on the body and singular when you have measles as a disease. So you may have to say "cases of measles" to pluralize multiple episodes of the illness.For example, "His measles were bothering him." or "We cannot handle all the measles cases." It seems you have to throw in an extra word to differentiate between the spots and the outbreaks. Do you have an example sentence?Although measles is a plural noun, it is treated as singular.
He is susceptible to measles since he never had chicken pox
Mumps and measles are two of the common maladies of children.
It seems as though the measles epidemic in this area is almost over.
I thought measles was already the singular word. For example, "He has measles." Measles is already plural as well. For example, "They all have measles."
No, "measles" is not capitalized unless it is at the beginning of a sentence or part of a proper noun (e.g. German Measles).
Doctors and medical professionals immunize patients to protect them from diseases and conditions such as measles, mumps, and polio.
You can use the word Truss in a sentence like this.
Can you use the word concluding in a sentence? Done.
(noun or noun adjunct) "The disease spread rapidly and there was no cure." "Measles is a viral disease that usually affects children." "The disease organism in many of the cases was a mutated bacteria."