Definition: 1. An illness affecting humans, animals or plants, often caused by infection. 2. An impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning.
Use 'disease' in a sentence:
1. They are researching a different modality of treatment for the disease.
2. Poverty and disease often go together.
3. The newcomers lacked immunity against local strains of the disease.
4. The disease typically manifests itself in a high fever and chest pains.
5. After the scourge of war came the scourge of disease.
6. These plants are peculiarly prone to disease.
7. There is presently no cure for the disease.
8. The doctor diagnosed my illness as a rare skin disease.
9. In an ideal world there would be no poverty and disease.
10. The disease is spread by mosquitoes.
11. The disease has no known cure.
12. We must carry on the patriotic public health campaign with a great fanfare, reduce disease and improve health conditions.
13. The new drug has great significance for the treatment of the disease.
14. The plants are regularly inspected for disease.
15. protection against sexually transmitted diseases.
16. He is dead of a disease.
17. Lack of proper nourishment reduces their power to resist disease.
18. He suffers from a rare blood disease.
19. A diet deficient in vitamin D may cause the disease rickets.
20. It reduces the risks of heart disease.
21. The disease often goes/ remains undetected for many years.
22. They studied the geographical distribution of the disease.
23. Heart disease runs in the family.
24. The disease has been eradicated from the world.
25. Deaths from the disease are mercifully rare.
26. Disease often goes with poverty.
27. The disease is spreading with alarming rapidity.
28. The disease originated in Africa.
29. Patients with the disease should be isolated.
30. Heart disease is the biggest killer in Scotland.
31. The disease makes rapid progress.
32. He is suffering from an incurable skin disease.
33. We must continue to war against poverty and disease.
34. This disease is not contagious [ infectious ] .
35. Dirt and disease are adverse to the best growth of children.
36. Obesity can increase the risk of heart disease.
37. The disease is still in its primary stage.
38. The disease is not spread by casual contact.
39. Greed is a disease of modern society.
40. Disease and poverty often go together.
41. Prejudice is a social disease.
42. The doctors are trying to stamp out the disease.
43. The tests are designed to detect the disease early.
44. Has he got some unmentionable disease?
45. The disease had deformed his spine.
46. The body has natural defence mechanisms to protect it from disease.
47. The disease spreads easily.
48. Causes of the disease have been well documented.
49. The test is used to diagnose a variety of diseases.
50. High blood pressure is a common accompaniment to this disease.
51. Our knowledge of the disease has advanced considerably over recent years.
52. The new test should aid in the early detection of the disease.
53. According to official statistics the disease killed over 500 people.
54. There are various types of the disease.
55. The disease is spreading at a rapid rate.
56. The disease has spread at an alarming rate.
57. The new drug is a major step forward in the treatment of the disease.
58. How fast would the disease develop?
59. Smoking can increase the risk of developing heart disease.
60. 400 people a year die of this disease on average.
61. They took active steps to prevent the spread of the disease.
62. It must be stressed that this disease is very rare.
63. People with the disease were often treated as social outcasts.
64. Recent research has thrown new light on the causes of the disease.
65. It is not known what causes the disease.
66. As yet little was known of the causes of the disease.
67. The disease has affected her sight.
68. The disease affects fully 30 per cent of the population.
69. Diet plays an important role in the management of heart disease.
70. The disease can take several different forms.
71. They have a sense of invulnerability to disease.
72. Doctors still don't understand much about the disease.
73. Extensive research has been done into this disease.
