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Common collocations with disease in American Collocation

disease noun

US /dɪˈziz/

describing how a person or animal gets a disease

contagious
genetic
infectious

Ornithosis is an infectious disease that affects many bird species worldwide.

serious

chronic
fatal
incurable
serious
severe

Malaria is a serious and sometimes fatal disease transmitted by mosquitoes.

where the disease comes from

airborne
food-borne
fungal
seed-borne
soil-borne
waterborne

Good practices will help reduce infant and child mortality by eradicating waterborne diseases that flourish in unsanitary conditions.

get a disease

acquire
catch
contract
develop
get

It is believed the man, who has not been named, caught the disease while on holiday.

have a disease

harbour
have
suffer from

She suffers from chronic respiratory disease.

die from a disease

die from
die of

His father died of heart disease at the age of 56.

cause or spread a disease

carry
cause
spread
transmit

The disease is caused by a deficiency of vitamin B in the diet.

find out what disease someone has

detect
diagnose

The prognosis is good if the disease is diagnosed and treated early

cure or treat a disease

cure
treat

The improved survival rates are a result of the advances that have been made in successfully treating this disease.

work to get rid of a disease

combat
conquer
control
eradicate
fight
prevent

Thanks to modern science, we have conquered the smallpox disease and it no longer occurs naturally.

affect someone
spread

Other statistical techniques can use patient data to understand how a disease spreads, without testing it on animals.