疾病((example of an)illness of the body， mind or plants， caused by infection or internal disorder， not by an accident) [C， U]：a serious/contagious/common/chronic～重病/傳染病/常見病/慢性病; an infectious/incurable/acute/occupational/endemic～傳染病/不治之癥/急性病/職業(yè)病/地方病;a blood/skin/heart/plant～血液病/皮膚病/心臟病/植物病;a～of society/the mind/the nervous system/the kidneys 社會病/精神病/神經(jīng)系統(tǒng)疾病/腎臟病;catch/cure/treat/prevent/spread/cause/die of/suffer from/wipe out a～得/治愈/治療/預(yù)防/傳播/引起/死于/患/消滅一種疾病;eradicate/cure/prevent/cause～根治/治愈/預(yù)防/引起疾病;combat～與疾病作斗爭;〖同〗illness， sickness， complaint， disorder;〖反〗health;
→dis′eased adj 有(患)病的;
【辨異】disease與sickness、illness、trouble和complaint的區(qū)別見COMPLAINT。