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- pronunciation:
- dih
ziz
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Explorer
part of speech: |
noun |
definition: |
a condition that causes harm to the health of a person, animal, or plant; illness; sickness.
Chicken pox is a contagious disease.
- synonyms:
- illness, sickness
- antonyms:
- health
- similar words:
- affliction, ailment, bug, disability, disorder, plague
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related words: |
blight, poison |
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some activities associated with diseases |
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cure, heal, identify, quarantine, treat |
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some descriptions of diseases |
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contagious, deadly, fatal, incurable, infectious, mild, serious |
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some examples of diseases |
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aids, alcoholism, arthritis, asthma, cancer, chicken pox, croup, diabetes, flu, hives, influenza, jaundice, leprosy, leukemia, lockjaw, malaria, measles, mumps, plague, pneumonia, poliomyelitis, rabies, scurvy, tetanus, virus, whooping cough, worms |
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some kinds of treatment for diseases |
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acupuncture, antibiotic, antidote, antiseptic, chemotherapy, drug, first aid, injection, insulin, medicine, penicillin, prescription, remedy, serum, surgery, therapy |
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some means of disease prevention |
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booster shot, checkup, hygiene, inoculate, physical, quarantine, vaccine, vitamin |
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some people associated with diseases |
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doctor, intern, medic, nurse, patient, pediatrician, pharmacist, physician, resident, surgeon |
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some places for treatment of diseases |
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clinic, hospital |
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some processes involving diseases |
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act up, plague, spread |
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some stages of diseases |
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attack, bout, epidemic, fit, outbreak, remission |
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some states of people with diseases |
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ailing, ill, recovering, recuperating, sick |
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some symptoms of diseases |
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ache, amnesia, bump, chill, collapse, coma, convulsion, cough, fever, pain, paralysis, rash, seizure, shock, sore, sweat, swell, temperature |
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some things that can cause or spread diseases |
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bacteria, chigger, germs, housefly, infection, louse, mosquito, tick, virus, worm |
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tools used to study diseases |
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stethoscope, test tube |
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