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disease
noun /dɪˈziːz/Definition
B1 [C or U] (an) illness of people, animals, plants, etc., caused by infection or a failure of health rather than by an accident: a contagious/infectious disease a common/rare/incurable/fatal disease They reported a sudden outbreak of the disease in the south of the country. The first symptom of the disease is a very high temperature. She has caught/contracted (= begun to have) a lung disease/disease of the lungs. Starvation and disease have killed thousands of refugees.Disease and illness - general words › [C] something that is considered very bad in people or society: The real disease affecting the country is inflation.Difficult things and peoplePreventing and impeding
(Definition of disease noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- abnormality noun
- acute adjective (EXTREME)
- ailment noun
- attack noun (ILLNESS)
- coated adjective
- crisis noun
- disorder noun (ILLNESS)
- dose noun
- dreaded lurgy noun
- incurable adjective (DISEASE)
- kwashiorkor noun
- lurgy noun
- outbreak noun
- pandemic adjective
- seizure noun (MEDICAL)
- strangulated adjective (BODY PART)
- terminal adjective (ILLNESS)
- upset noun (ILLNESS)
- virus noun (DISEASE)
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