Collocation Dictionary
Common collocations with disease in American Collocation
disease
noun
What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.
These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
describing how a person or animal gets a disease
Ornithosis is an infectious disease that affects many bird species worldwide.
serious
Malaria is a serious and sometimes fatal disease transmitted by mosquitoes.
where the disease comes from
Good practices will help reduce infant and child mortality by eradicating waterborne diseases that flourish in unsanitary conditions.
get a disease
It is believed the man, who has not been named, caught the disease while on holiday.
have a disease
She suffers from chronic respiratory disease.
die from a disease
His father died of heart disease at the age of 56.
cause or spread a disease
The disease is caused by a deficiency of vitamin B in the diet.
find out what disease someone has
The prognosis is good if the disease is diagnosed and treated early
cure or treat a disease
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
Thanks to modern science, we have conquered the smallpox disease and it no longer occurs naturally.
Other statistical techniques can use patient data to understand how a disease spreads, without testing it on animals.