disease · noun C or U /dəˈziːz/
disease
B1 (an) illness caused by infection or by a failure of health rather than by an accident
Dictionary examples:
heart disease
a common/rare disease
They reported a sudden outbreak of the disease in the south of the country.
The first symptom of the disease is a very high temperature.
Starvation and disease have killed thousands of refugees.
Learner example:
I was worried about her incurable disease. (First Certificate in English; B2; Chinese)
