dread disease


A disease with a significant impact on lifestyle (e.g., multiple sclerosis), longevity (e.g., AIDS, cancer), which incurs high costs (e.g., extensive burns, persistent vegetative state), and/or causes significant and permanent residual morbidity (e.g., loss of eyes or limbs)

dread disease

A disease with a significant impact on lifestyle–eg, multiple sclerosis, longevity–eg AIDS, CA, which incurs high costs–eg, extensive burns, persistent vegetative state, and/or cause significant and permanent residual morbidity, ie loss of eyes or limbs