Disease

/dɪˈziːz/

Synonyms for "disease" (132 found)

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Closest matches (27)

Noun(13 words)

affliction ailment illness malady sickness addiction affections afflictions ailments bagascosis blight blightsbodily condition

abnormality affection affliction ailment allergy atrophy attack banebete noirebirth defectblight bug bugbear

Adjective(1 words)

blighted

Strong matches (39)

burden calamity cancercardiovascular diseasecomplaint complication condition contagion contaminatecrushing burdencurse death debility decrepitude defectdeficiency diseasedeformity destruction disability disorder

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distemper endemic epizootic evil

Noun(13 words)

cankering coath cold complaint conditions diphtheriadisease § synonymsdisorderdisorder the plandisorders distemper dyscrasia egritude

Verb(1 words)

condition the soil

Adjective(1 words)

current illness

Related words (66)

feeblenessgenetic diseasegrievance handicap harm ill illness infect infectioninfectious diseaseinfirmity infliction malady malaise misery morbidity murrain nemesisoccupational diseaseopen wound

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pathology pest pestilence pip placid plaguerunning sorescourge sickliness sickness sign symptom syndrome taint thorn torment ulcer unhealthiness vexation virus visitation woe

Noun(22 words)

health conditionhealth problemill healthillnesses ills indisposition maladies malsmedical conditionmoral decaymorbus mumpsphysical disorderplagueromanian dezordinerot scourge sicknesses siriasis smut

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smuts trouble

Adjective(2 words)

plagueyunhealthy condition

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More general

7 entries

illness issue maladymedical conditionproblem sickness unwellness

More specific

6 entries

autoimmune diseasechronic diseasecultural diseasegenetic diseaseinfectious diseasesocial disease

Collocations

6 entries

chronic diseasedisease controldisease outbreakdisease preventioninfectious diseaserare disease

Inflections

1 entries

diseases

Derivations

1 entries

diseased

Sample sentences

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Life is a fatal sexually transmitted disease.

Source: tatoeba (1871)

Tension is a major cause of heart disease.

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Disease and famine go together.

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A curious disease struck the town.

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