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Used with adjectives:
"
He has a common disease."
(common, rare, dangerous, serious, mild, chronic, severe)
"
Cancer can be a deadly disease."
(deadly, fatal, incurable, killer, life-threatening, terminal, curable, treatable, preventable)
"
He contracted a contagious disease."
(contagious, infectious)
"
Diabetes is a genetic disease."
(genetic, hereditary, inherited)
"
Her aunt has heart disease."
(heart, liver)
"
Depression is a mental disease."
(mental)
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He has a bacterial disease."
(bacterial, viral)
Used with verbs:
"
Does he have a disease?"
(have, suffer from)
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We do not want to catch a disease."
(catch, contract, develop, get)
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The patient will not die from this disease."
(die from, die of)
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What causes this disease?"
(causes)
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Bugs can carry disease."
(carry, pass on, spread, transmit, inherit)
"
How can we fight this disease?"
(fight, control, manage, prevent, cure)
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How was the disease diagnosed?"
(diagnosed, detected, spread)
Used with prepositions:
"
There are many people with this disease."
(with)
"
He has a disease of the nervous system."
(of)
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Can it cause diseases in humans?"
(in)
