- disease
- nounADJECTIVE▪ common▪ obscure, rare▪ dangerous, serious▪ mild▪ acute, chronic, severe▪ debilitating, degenerative▪ deadly, fatal, incurable, killer, life-threatening, terminal▪
fears of a new killer disease
▪ curable, treatable▪ preventable▪ communicable, contagious, infectious▪ non-communicable▪ congenital, genetic, hereditary, inherited▪ childhood▪childhood diseases such as mumps and chicken pox
▪ tropical▪ blood-borne, insect-borne, waterborne▪HIV and other blood-borne diseases
▪ occupational▪ bowel, heart, liver, etc.▪He suffered from coronary heart disease
▪ cardiovascular, pulmonary, etc.▪ mental▪ sexually transmitted, social, venereal▪patients suffering from venereal diseases
▪ autoimmune, circulatory, respiratory, etc.▪ bacterial, viral▪ Alzheimer's, Crohn's, Parkinson's, etc.▪ foot-and-mouth, hoof-and-mouth (AmE), mad cow, etc.▪ Dutch elm… OF DISEASE▪ outbreak▪fears of an outbreak of the disease
VERB + DISEASE▪ have, suffer from▪He has a serious lung disease.
▪ catch, contract, develop, get▪You can't catch the disease just from physical contact.
▪She got a rare liver disease when she was only twenty.
▪ die from, die of▪Children are still dying in their millions from preventable diseases.
▪ cause▪a disease caused by a vitamin deficiency
▪ carry, pass on, spread, transmit▪the ticks that carry the disease
▪Such unhygienic practices spread disease.
▪The disease is transmitted by mosquitoes.
▪ inherit▪ detect, diagnose▪ treat▪ combat, fight▪The government must take action to fight this deadly disease.
▪ control, manage▪new drugs which help to control the disease
▪ cure▪ prevent▪It's better to prevent disease by ensuring a clean water supply.
▪ eradicate, stamp out, wipe out▪The disease has been eradicated from the world.
DISEASE + VERB▪ spread▪They want to stop the disease from spreading.
▪ affect sb, afflict sb, occur, strike sb▪ develop, progress▪ kill sb▪The disease has killed 500 people so far this year.
PREPOSITION▪ with a/the disease▪the number of people with this disease
▪ disease in▪Avian flu can cause severe disease in humans.
▪ disease of▪a disease of the digestive system
PHRASES▪ a cure for a disease▪ the incidence of (a) disease▪the overall incidence of disease in the world
▪ a patient with a disease, sufferer from a disease▪Sufferers from Alzheimer's disease can't cope at home.
▪ the progression of a disease▪Drugs can slow down the progression of the disease, but not cure it altogether.
▪ resistance to disease▪Tobacco lowers the body's resistance to disease.
▪ the risk of disease▪the risk of coronary heart disease
▪ the spread of (a) disease▪measures to prevent the spread of the disease
▪ the symptoms of a disease▪ the treatment for a disease, the treatment of a disease
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
