disease

Definition

Examples

Regular exercise can help prevent many serious diseases later in life.

Synonyms

• illnessimpairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism
• ailmentan often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining

Collocations

• Easy prevent infectious disease
  to prevent infectious disease, meaning to keep from happening or arising; make impossible
• Medium chronic heart disease management
  describing chronic heart disease management (being long-lasting and recurrent or characterized by long suffering)
• Hard eradicate communicable disease outbreaks
  to eradicate communicable disease outbreaks, meaning to kill in large numbers
• Very Hard degenerative disease ravaging nervous systems
  describing degenerative disease ravaging nervous systems ((of illness) marked by gradual deterioration of organs and cells along with loss of function)