How to Use disease in a Sentence

disease

noun
Definition of diseasenext
Synonyms for diseasenext
  • They are working to stop the spread of disease in rural areas.
  • Thousands die of heart disease each year.
  • He sees crime as a disease that too often plagues the poor and disadvantaged.
  • He suffers from a rare genetic disease.
  • The article cites intolerance as one of the most dangerous of society's diseases.
  • Bedbugs can be found in every part of the world and are not known to spread disease.
    — Morgan Winsor, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2023
  • Ozzy has since been doing tai chi to help with symptoms of the disease.
    — Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 3 Apr. 2024
  • Both her parents had the disease, and her father had lost his legs, his vision and then his life to it.
    — Eileen Finan, Peoplemag, 27 Dec. 2023
  • They were married on the peak three weeks later, and Colleen took on the role of caretaker as the disease progressed.
    — Sean P. Means, The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 Aug. 2023
  • The bacterium is often found in the nose and throat of people without causing the disease.
    — Monique Calello, USA TODAY, 2 Sep. 2023
  • Her hearing is impaired and her voice no longer carries, both effects of the disease.
    — Scott MacFarlane, CBS News, 18 Nov. 2023
  • Those fish died of gas bubble disease, which happens when the pressure changes while passing through a tunnel at the base of a dam.
    — Kris Millgate, Field & Stream, 5 Apr. 2024
  • Those of us who work with genetic diseases see evidence of this kinship all the time.
    — Michael Segal, WSJ, 25 Oct. 2023
  • Much of that is to ward off ticks, which are technically arachnids and carry more than a dozen diseases.
    — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 12 June 2023
  • Data listed here counts all stages of the disease in Alabama.
    — Ramsey Archibald | Rarchibald@al.com, al, 8 June 2023
  • But the visual appearance of the dead fish, which had telltale bulging eyes, pointed to gas bubble disease as the culprit.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Mar. 2024
  • Drinking water is dwindling, prompting fears about the spread of disease.
    — Ellen Francis, Washington Post, 7 Nov. 2023
  • The event is aimed at people with Parkinson’s disease and their care partners, friends and family.
    — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Mar. 2024
  • People with the disease inherit two copies of the defective gene, one from each parent.
    — Jonathan Saltzman, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Sep. 2023
  • But that line is moving farther and farther up the mountain, and this disease is being transmitted all the way to the top of the mountain in some instances.
    — Catrin Einhorn Thea Traff, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2023
  • And scientists are hoping to use mRNA to treat disease, not just prevent it.
    — Emily Mullin, WIRED, 22 Jan. 2024
  • Evans’ research has factored into the development of more than a dozen drugs to fight these diseases.
    — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Jan. 2024
  • Much of the later progress has been against tropical diseases like malaria as well as smallpox and polio.
    — Marshall Ingwerson, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Dec. 2023
  • According to the researchers, this is the biggest improvement in treating this disease in over 20 years.
    — Sabrina Weiss, WIRED, 31 Dec. 2023
  • Treatment for people with desmoid tumors depends on the size and location of the tumor, as well as the disease progression.
    — Laura Hensley, Verywell Health, 13 Dec. 2023
  • Both infants and adults with underlying heart and lung disease will take the longest to recover from RSV, Chang said.
    — Alyssa Hui, Verywell Health, 24 Oct. 2023
  • San Diego beekeepers are faced with the threat of losing colonies every year due to pesticides, habitat loss and disease.
    — Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Oct. 2023
  • Her hand movements cued the doctor to a mysterious disease.
    — Lisa Sanders, M.d., New York Times, 10 Jan. 2024
  • Measles is considered a disease that was eliminated from the US in 2000, but cases have been popping up across the country.
    — Jen Christensen, CNN, 11 Mar. 2024
  • There is currently no treatment to slow or halt Parkinson’s disease.
    — Matthew Farrer, Discover Magazine, 13 Apr. 2024

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