disease

noun

/dɪˈziːz/

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[uncountable, countable] an illness affecting humans, animals or plants, often caused by infection
- heart/lung/liver disease
- In 19th century England, infectious diseases were the principal cause of death.
- chronic diseases such as obesity and diabetes
- health measures to prevent the spread of disease
- Smoking increases the risk of heart disease.
- It is not known what causes the disease.
- He suffers from a rare blood disease.
- Sailors who ate no fresh food contracted the disease.
- It's better to prevent disease by ensuring a clean water supply.
- to treat/cure a disease
- to spread/transmit a disease
- Cattle had to be slaughtered after an outbreak of the disease.
- patients with coronary heart disease
- cardiovascular/pulmonary/respiratory disease
Synonyms disease
disease
- illness
- disorder
- infection
- condition
- ailment
- bug
These are all words for a medical problem.
- disease a medical problem affecting humans, animals or plants, often caused by infection:
  He suffers from a rare blood disease.
- illness a medical problem, or a period of suffering from one:
  She died after a long illness.
disease or illness?Disease is used to talk about more severe physical medical problems, especially those that affect the organs. Illness is used to talk about both more severe and more minor medical problems, and those that affect mental health: heart/kidney/liver illness • mental disease . Disease is not used about a period of illness: She died after a long disease.
- disorder (rather formal) an illness that causes a part of the body to stop functioning correctly:
  a rare disorder of the liver.
  A disorder is generally not infectious. Disorder is used most frequently with words relating to mental problems, for example psychiatric, personality, mental and eating. When it is used to talk about physical problems, it is most often used with blood, bowel and kidney, and these are commonly serious, severe or rare.
- infection an illness that is caused by bacteria or a virus and that affects one part of the body:
  a throat infection
- condition a medical problem that you have for a long time because it is not possible to cure it:
  a heart condition
- ailment (rather formal) an illness that is not very serious:
  childhood ailments
- bug (informal) an infectious illness that is usually fairly mild:
  a nasty flu bug
Patterns
- to have/suffer from a(n) disease/illness/disorder/infection/condition/ailment/bug
- to catch/contract/get/pick up a(n) disease/illness/infection/bug
Wordfinder
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- cure
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- drug
- injection
- medication
- osteopathy
- palliative
- physiotherapy
- radiotherapy
Collocations Illnesses
IllnessesBecoming ill
- catch a cold/an infectious disease/the flu/(British English) flu/pneumonia/a virus/(informal) a bug
- get (British English) ill/(North American English) sick/a disease/AIDS/breast cancer/a cold/the flu/(British English) flu/a migraine
- come down with a cold/the flu/(British English) flu
- contract a deadly disease/a serious illness/HIV/AIDS
- be infected with a virus/a parasite/HIV
- develop cancer/diabetes/a rash/an ulcer/symptoms of hepatitis
- have a heart attack/a stroke
- provoke/trigger/produce an allergic reaction
- block/burst/rupture a blood vessel
- damage/sever a nerve/an artery/a tendon
Being ill
- feel (British English) ill/nauseous/queasy
- be running (British English) a temperature/(North American English) a fever
- have a head cold/diabetes/heart disease/lung cancer/a headache/(British English) a high temperature/(North American English) a fever
- suffer from asthma/malnutrition/frequent headaches/bouts of depression/a mental disorder
- be laid up with/ (British English) be in bed with a cold/the flu/(British English) flu/a migraine
- nurse a cold/a headache/a hangover
- battle/fight cancer/depression/addiction/alcoholism
Treatments
- examine a patient
- diagnose a condition/disease/disorder
- be diagnosed with cancer/diabetes/schizophrenia
- prescribe/be given/be on/take drugs/medicine/medication/pills/painkillers/antibiotics
- treat somebody for cancer/depression/shock
- have/undergo an examination/an operation/surgery/a kidney transplant/therapy/chemotherapy/treatment for cancer
- have/be given an injection/(British English) a flu jab/(North American English) a flu shot/a blood transfusion/a scan/an X-ray
- cure a disease/an ailment/cancer/a headache/a patient
- prevent the spread of disease/further outbreaks/damage to the lungs
- be vaccinated against the flu/(British English) flu/the measles/(British English) measles/polio/smallpox
- enhance/boost/confer/build immunity to a disease
Wordfinder
- bacteria
- disease
- epidemic
- fever
- illness
- immunity
- infection
- spread
- vaccinate
- virus
Extra Examples
- Children are still dying in their millions from preventable diseases.
- Humans can contract the disease, which is treatable with antibiotics.
- the problem of controlling pests and disease with organic gardening methods
- Gene therapy was first pursued in an attempt to cure genetic diseases.
- We face the challenge of finding new ways to treat diseases.
- Quarantine is important for animal disease prevention.
- Drugs can slow down the progression of the disease, but not cure it altogether.
- He has a serious lung disease.
- He suffered from coronary heart disease
- She got a rare liver disease when she was only twenty.
- Lupus is an autoimmune disease.
- Such unhygienic practices spread disease.
- Sufferers from Alzheimer's disease may not be able to cope at home.
- The disease has been eradicated from the world.
- The disease has killed 500 people so far this year.
- The disease is transmitted by mosquitoes.
- The government must take action to fight this deadly disease.
- the difficulty of diagnosing and treating these diseases
- They want to stop the disease from spreading.
- Tobacco lowers the body's resistance to disease.
- You can't catch the disease just from physical contact.
- a disease caused by a vitamin deficiency
- a disease of the digestive system
- childhood diseases such as mumps and chicken pox
- fears of a new killer disease
- fears of an outbreak of Legionnaire's disease
- new drugs which help to control the disease
- the number of people with this disease
- the overall incidence of disease in the world
- the risk of coronary heart disease
- the ticks that carry the disease
- The problem was finally diagnosed as heart disease.
- This is an extremely infectious disease.
- protection against sexually transmitted diseases
Topics Illnessa2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- common
- obscure
- rare
- …
… of disease
- outbreak
verb + disease
- have
- suffer from
- catch
- …
disease + verb
- spread
- affect somebody
- afflict somebody
- …
preposition
- with a/the disease
- disease in
- disease of
- …
phrases
- a cure for a disease
- the incidence of (a) disease
- a patient with a disease
- …
See full entry
[countable] (formal) something that is very wrong with people’s attitudes, way of life or with society
- Greed is a disease of modern society.

Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘lack of ease; inconvenience’): from Old French desaise ‘lack of ease’, from des- (expressing reversal) + aise ‘ease’.

单词	disease
释义	disease noun /dɪˈziːz/ /dɪˈziːz/ jump to other results [uncountable, countable] an illness affecting humans, animals or plants, often caused by infection heart/lung/liver disease In 19th century England, infectious diseases were the principal cause of death. chronic diseases such as obesity and diabetes health measures to prevent the spread of disease Smoking increases the risk of heart disease. It is not known what causes the disease. He suffers from a rare blood disease. Sailors who ate no fresh food contracted the disease. It's better to prevent disease by ensuring a clean water supply. to treat/cure a disease to spread/transmit a disease Cattle had to be slaughtered after an outbreak of the disease. patients with coronary heart disease cardiovascular/pulmonary/respiratory disease Synonyms diseasedisease illness disorder infection condition ailment bug These are all words for a medical problem. disease a medical problem affecting humans, animals or plants, often caused by infection: He suffers from a rare blood disease. illness a medical problem, or a period of suffering from one: She died after a long illness. disease or illness?Disease is used to talk about more severe physical medical problems, especially those that affect the organs. Illness is used to talk about both more severe and more minor medical problems, and those that affect mental health: heart/kidney/liver illness • mental disease . Disease is not used about a period of illness: She died after a long disease. disorder (rather formal) an illness that causes a part of the body to stop functioning correctly: a rare disorder of the liver. A disorder is generally not infectious. Disorder is used most frequently with words relating to mental problems, for example psychiatric, personality, mental and eating. When it is used to talk about physical problems, it is most often used with blood, bowel and kidney, and these are commonly serious, severe or rare. infection an illness that is caused by bacteria or a virus and that affects one part of the body: a throat infection condition a medical problem that you have for a long time because it is not possible to cure it: a heart condition ailment (rather formal) an illness that is not very serious: childhood ailments bug (informal) an infectious illness that is usually fairly mild: a nasty flu bug Patterns to have/suffer from a(n) disease/illness/disorder/infection/condition/ailment/bug to catch/contract/get/pick up a(n) disease/illness/infection/bug Wordfinder chemotherapy cure disease drug injection medication osteopathy palliative physiotherapy radiotherapy Collocations IllnessesIllnessesBecoming ill catch a cold/an infectious disease/the flu/(British English) flu/pneumonia/a virus/(informal) a bug get (British English) ill/(North American English) sick/a disease/AIDS/breast cancer/a cold/the flu/(British English) flu/a migraine come down with a cold/the flu/(British English) flu contract a deadly disease/a serious illness/HIV/AIDS be infected with a virus/a parasite/HIV develop cancer/diabetes/a rash/an ulcer/symptoms of hepatitis have a heart attack/a stroke provoke/trigger/produce an allergic reaction block/burst/rupture a blood vessel damage/sever a nerve/an artery/a tendon Being ill feel (British English) ill/nauseous/queasy be running (British English) a temperature/(North American English) a fever have a head cold/diabetes/heart disease/lung cancer/a headache/(British English) a high temperature/(North American English) a fever suffer from asthma/malnutrition/frequent headaches/bouts of depression/a mental disorder be laid up with/ (British English) be in bed with a cold/the flu/(British English) flu/a migraine nurse a cold/a headache/a hangover battle/fight cancer/depression/addiction/alcoholism Treatments examine a patient diagnose a condition/disease/disorder be diagnosed with cancer/diabetes/schizophrenia prescribe/be given/be on/take drugs/medicine/medication/pills/painkillers/antibiotics treat somebody for cancer/depression/shock have/undergo an examination/an operation/surgery/a kidney transplant/therapy/chemotherapy/treatment for cancer have/be given an injection/(British English) a flu jab/(North American English) a flu shot/a blood transfusion/a scan/an X-ray cure a disease/an ailment/cancer/a headache/a patient prevent the spread of disease/further outbreaks/damage to the lungs be vaccinated against the flu/(British English) flu/the measles/(British English) measles/polio/smallpox enhance/boost/confer/build immunity to a disease Wordfinder bacteria disease epidemic fever illness immunity infection spread vaccinate virus Extra Examples Children are still dying in their millions from preventable diseases. Humans can contract the disease, which is treatable with antibiotics. the problem of controlling pests and disease with organic gardening methods Gene therapy was first pursued in an attempt to cure genetic diseases. We face the challenge of finding new ways to treat diseases. Quarantine is important for animal disease prevention. Drugs can slow down the progression of the disease, but not cure it altogether. He has a serious lung disease. He suffered from coronary heart disease She got a rare liver disease when she was only twenty. Lupus is an autoimmune disease. Such unhygienic practices spread disease. Sufferers from Alzheimer's disease may not be able to cope at home. The disease has been eradicated from the world. The disease has killed 500 people so far this year. The disease is transmitted by mosquitoes. The government must take action to fight this deadly disease. the difficulty of diagnosing and treating these diseases They want to stop the disease from spreading. Tobacco lowers the body's resistance to disease. You can't catch the disease just from physical contact. a disease caused by a vitamin deficiency a disease of the digestive system childhood diseases such as mumps and chicken pox fears of a new killer disease fears of an outbreak of Legionnaire's disease new drugs which help to control the disease the number of people with this disease the overall incidence of disease in the world the risk of coronary heart disease the ticks that carry the disease The problem was finally diagnosed as heart disease. This is an extremely infectious disease. protection against sexually transmitted diseases Topics Illnessa2 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective common obscure rare … … of disease outbreak verb + disease have suffer from catch … disease + verb spread affect somebody afflict somebody … preposition with a/the disease disease in disease of … phrases a cure for a disease the incidence of (a) disease a patient with a disease … See full entry [countable] (formal) something that is very wrong with people’s attitudes, way of life or with society Greed is a disease of modern society. Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘lack of ease; inconvenience’): from Old French desaise ‘lack of ease’, from des- (expressing reversal) + aise ‘ease’.
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