Phrase Hound found 45 phrases and 3 compound words that contain diseases. The most common are listed below. Open diseases in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 45
- infectious diseasesplural of infectious disease: An illness caused by a specific infectious agent (bacterium, virus, fungus, protozoa, prion etc.), that results from transmission of that agent from an infected person, animal, or reservoir to a susceptible …
- chronic diseasesplural of chronic disease: An illness that is persistent, usually with long-term effects.
- Communicable Diseases
- cardiovascular diseasesplural of cardiovascular disease: A disease involving the heart or blood vessels, i.e. arteries and veins, such as coronary heart disease.
- sexually transmitted diseasesplural of sexually transmitted disease: Any of various diseases that are usually contracted through sexual contact, with or without symptoms.
- Autoimmune Diseases
- diseases of despairplural of disease of despair: A behavior-related medical condition among those who experience despair, caused by the feeling that their long-term social or economic outlook is bleak.
- heart diseasesplural of heart disease: a disease which affects the functions of the heart.
- industrial diseasesplural of industrial disease: disease or disability caused by employment, such as repetitive acts or exposure to chemicals.
- lifestyle diseasesplural of lifestyle disease: Any of a class of diseases that appear to increase in frequency as countries become more industrialized and people live longer.
- tropical diseasesplural of tropical disease: any infectious disease which occurs only, or more often, in tropical or subtropical regions
- occupational diseasesplural of occupational disease: Any ailment that occurs as a result of work or occupational activity.
- kidney diseasesplural of kidney disease: Damage to, disease of, or abnormality of the kidneys.
- heart-hand diseasesplural of heart-hand disease: Any of a group of rare diseases that manifest with both heart and limb deformities.
- deficiency diseasesplural of deficiency disease: Malnutrition caused by absence from the diet of a vitamin, mineral, etc.
- collagen diseasesplural of collagen disease: Any of a group of diseases that affect connective tissue (rather than collagen)
- orphan diseasesplural of orphan disease: Any disease for which drugs are not usually developed because it is too rare to make the development profitable.
- food-borne diseasesplural of food-borne disease: Any food-borne disease, such as salmonella, that typically causes diarrhea, vomiting, nausea, fever and abdominal cramps.
- pre-diseasesplural of pre-disease: Of or relating to a predisease (such as prediabetes or prehypertension), as with predisease states or predisease stage.
- root diseasesplural of root disease: Any of several plant diseases affecting the root system.
- prion diseasesplural of prion disease: Transmissible spongiform encephalopathy.
- foodborne diseasesplural of foodborne disease: Any food-borne disease, such as salmonella, that typically causes diarrhea, vomiting, nausea, fever and abdominal cramps.
- motor neuron diseasesplural of motor neuron disease: Any of several neurodegenerative disorders that selectively affect motor neurons.
- summit diseasesplural of summit disease: A disease (usually fungal, caused by the species complex Entomophaga grylli) that affects various species of insect, especially grasshoppers, whereby the infected individual typically climbs to the upper parts of …
- crowd diseasesplural of crowd disease: A disease that is spread from person to person, with no animal reservoir.
Compound words 3
- neurodiseasesplural of neurodisease: neural disease
- nondiseasesplural of nondisease: A condition that is not a disease.
- prediseasesplural of predisease: Of or relating to a predisease (such as prediabetes or prehypertension), as with predisease states or predisease stage.