disease

1 عمومی:: دچارعلت‌ كردن‌، ناخوشی‌، علت‌، مرض‌

شبکه مترجمین ایران

1 general:: noun ailment: Cancer is often a fatal disease.

Simple Definitions

2 general::   noun ADJ. common | obscure, rare | dangerous, serious | mild | chronic | acute | degenerative | deadly, fatal, incurable, killer, terminal fears of a new killer disease | curable | preventable | communicable, contagious, infectious | non-communicable | congenital, hereditary, inherited | childhood childhood diseases such as mumps and chicken pox | tropical | insect-borne, water-borne | occupational | bowel, (coronary) heart, liver, etc. | mental | sexually transmitted, social, venereal patients suffering from venereal disease | circulatory, respiratory | Alzheimer's, Crohn's, etc. QUANT. outbreak fears of an outbreak of Legionnaire's disease VERB + DISEASE have, suffer from He has a serious lung disease. | catch, contract, get You can't catch the disease just from physical contact. She got a rare liver disease when she was only twenty. | die from/of Children are still dying in their millions 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/of a diseaseILLNESS 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. | 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 spreading. | afflict sb, strike sb | kill sb The disease has killed 500 people so far this year. PREP. with a/the ~ the number of people with this 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/sufferer from a disease Sufferers from Alzheimer's disease can't cope at home. | resistance to disease

Oxford Collocations Dictionary

3 general:: disease verbs have a disease • How long have you had the disease? suffer from a disease • About three million people suffer from the disease. catch/get a disease ( also contract a disease formal ) • He caught the disease while travelling in Africa. develop a disease • A few years ago, she developed a serious lung disease. pass on a disease ( also transmit a disease formal ) • They may pass the disease on to their children. cause a disease • Smoking is probably the major factor causing heart disease. prevent a disease • It has been claimed that fibre in the diet could help prevent many serious diseases. treat a disease • The disease can be treated with antibiotics. cure a disease • The plant was believed to cure diseases in humans and cattle. fight (a) disease (= try to stop it continuing ) • Some bacteria help the human body fight disease. a disease spreads • The government have no idea how far the disease has spread. ADJECTIVES/NOUN + disease common • common childhood diseases rare • She suffers from a rare bone disease. serious • vaccines against serious diseases like hepatitis and meningitis fatal/deadly (= that causes death ) • If left untreated, the disease can be fatal. • Thousands of children are struck down by this deadly disease every year. incurable (= that cannot be cured ) • Diseases that were once thought incurable can be treated with antibiotics. infectious/contagious (= that spreads quickly from one person to another ) • The disease is highly contagious. a skin/brain/lung etc disease • The fumes have caused skin diseases among the villagers. heart/liver/kidney disease • He is being treated for kidney disease. a hereditary/inherited disease (= that is passed from parent to child ) • Parents are offered screening for some hereditary diseases. a sexually-transmitted disease (= that is spread by having sex ) • There was a worrying rise in the number of sexually-transmitted diseases. a degenerative disease (= that gradually gets worse ) • She was suffering from a degenerative disease that confined her to a wheelchair. a chronic disease (= continuing for a long time and not possible to cure ) • Chronic disease is sometimes seen as an inevitable part of being old. phrases a cure for a disease • There is no known cure for this disease. an outbreak of a disease (= when a disease appears in a number of people or animals ) • There has been an outbreak of the disease in Wales. the spread of a disease • Knowing the facts about AIDS can prevent the spread of the disease. the symptoms of a disease (= physical signs that someone has a disease ) • To begin with, there are often no symptoms of the disease.

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