The word measles is a Middle English word meaning 'many little spots'.
The noun 'measles' is a common, concrete, uncountable noun, a word for a disease, a word for a physical thing.
The origin is that it is another word for the German measles or Rubella wich is a skin rash.
Lovell was, most likely, referring to the word "efflorescence". In botany this term refers to the time when a plant is in bloom. In medical terms the word refers to redness or a rash on the skin as occurs with the measles.
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Measles refers to a viral disease and, while the word is plural in structure, it is singular in meaning.
The singular of "measles" is "measles." The word does not change whether it is singular or plural.
We had to cancel the party because she had measles. Measles is not something fun to have. He was sick with measles.
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.
The noun 'measles' is a common, concrete, uncountable noun, a word for a disease, a word for a physical thing.
The origin is that it is another word for the German measles or Rubella wich is a skin rash.
Lovell was, most likely, referring to the word "efflorescence". In botany this term refers to the time when a plant is in bloom. In medical terms the word refers to redness or a rash on the skin as occurs with the measles.
verb
The noun 'measles' is an uncountable noun.The noun measles is plural in form but functions as a singular noun.Examples: He had a case of the measles.
The English word for "tigdas" is measles.
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The name "measles" is probably derived from the middle English word, maseles (plural mesels), which means spot.
No, there is no such disease as "missals". But if you mean Measles- yes. In 2013, there were 145 700 measles deaths globally. Being vaccinated against measles is very important.