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.
Mumps and measles are two of the common maladies of children.
He is susceptible to measles since he never had chicken pox
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.
It seems as though the measles epidemic in this area is almost over.
The singular of "measles" is "measles." The word does not change whether it is singular or plural.
No, "measles" is not capitalized unless it is at the beginning of a sentence or part of a proper noun (e.g. German Measles).
The word measles is a Middle English word meaning 'many little spots'.
Doctors and medical professionals immunize patients to protect them from diseases and conditions such as measles, mumps, and polio.
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(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."