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diseases
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3 definitions • 10 examples
1
(an)
illness
of people,
animals
,
plants
, etc.,
caused
by
infection
or a
failure
of
health
rather
than by an
accident
:
Examples:
a
contagious
/
infectious
disease
a
common
/
rare
/
incurable
/
fatal
disease
outbreak
of
disease
They
reported
a
sudden
outbreak
of the
disease
in the
south
of the
country
.
symptom
of a
disease
The first
symptom
of the
disease
is a very high
temperature
.
catch
/
contract
a
disease
She has
caught
/
contracted
(=
begun
to have) a
lung
disease
/
disease
of the
lungs
.
Starvation
and
disease
have
killed
thousands
of
refugees
.
2
something that is
considered
very bad in people or
society
:
Examples:
The real
disease
affecting
the
country
is
inflation
.
3
a
condition
of a person,
animal
, or
plant
in which
its
body
or
structure
is
harmed
because an
organ
or part is
unable
to work as it
usually
does; an
illness
:
Examples:
[
C
] Mumps is an
infectious
disease
.
[
U
] He
suffers
from heart
disease
.
[
U
]
Hundreds
of
thousands
of
trees
died
from
Dutch
elm
disease
.
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