Disease meaning in English
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Definition
a disease: an illness, a sickness, a disorder, a physical condition
Scientists are researching a cure for this disease.
disease-free: healthful
Pronunciation examples
UK: Scientists are researching a cure for this disease.
US: Bruno has a terrible, terrible, terrible disease.
Examples
- "Nurse Baker : Well, there's a risk that your blood may contain infectious diseases such as HIV..."
- "Moira : Potassium is delicious, Brent, but even so, the American Nutritional Board warns that eating too many eggs poses a health risk due to high levels of cholesterol, which can affect people with heart disease."
- "Horatio : Anosmia is a terrible, terrible, terrible disease."
- "In order to prevent the transmission of diseases in the workplace, I have put in place a new initiative that will encourage people to wash their hands after using the bathroom. I am reluctant to reveal too much information regarding the protocol as it may compromise its effectiveness."
- "For one thing, there are no wars, no global warming, and no diseases."
- "Insufficient or poor-quality sleep increases the risk of high blood pressure and heart disease, as well as the probability of making risky decisions."
- "An era of dance music, cheap cologne, innocent touching, and disease-free casual sex!"
- "Horatio : Yes, Anosmia is a terrible, terrible, terrible disease."
- ""Sleep is essential... at least 8 hours for most adults... lack of sleep leads to bad health... high blood pressure... heart disease... poor performance at work"... Ey up, that sounds serious!"
- "Nurse Baker : Listen, I'm not saying you've got any of these diseases, there's just a risk."
- "I hate to be the one to ask this question, but rumors have been circulating that Bruno Delavigne is stricken with the terrible disease known as Anosmia."
- "Doctors believe that drinking red wine in moderation prevents cancer, heart disease and other ailments."
- "Although French cuisine contains a lot of saturated fat, the French tend to have an extremely low rate of heart disease, much lower than the United States for example."
Exercise 1
Fill in the blanks below with the appropriate terms from the broadcast.
An enemy, an adversary or someone who opposes you is your "".
If you are in good physical shape, without problems or illness, you are in good "".
Another word for an illness is "a ".
An enemy, an adversary or someone who opposes you is your "".
If you are in good physical shape, without problems or illness, you are in good "".
Another word for an illness is "a ".
Fill in the blanks below with the appropriate terms from the broadcast.
An enemy, an adversary or someone who opposes you is your "foe 1".
If you are in good physical shape, without problems or illness, you are in good "health 2".
Another word for an illness is "a disease 3".
An enemy, an adversary or someone who opposes you is your "foe 1".
If you are in good physical shape, without problems or illness, you are in good "health 2".
Another word for an illness is "a disease 3".
1 foe: Brent introduces today's topic by asking, "Eggs: friend or foe?". The term "foe" describes an adversary or enemy. "Friend or foe?" is an idiom often found in titles of reports, essays, broadcasts etc. to introduce an argument for and against a certain topic or issue (in this case the benefits and risks of eating eggs).
2 health: Moira reports that "eating too many eggs poses a health risk". In fact, this entire broadcasts examines the effect of eating eggs upon one's "health". The term "health" refers to the general condition of the body or mind. If there is nothing wrong with someone's physical or mental state, they are said to be "in good health" or to be "healthy".
3 disease: Moira says that eating too many eggs can "affect people with heart disease." A "disease" is an illness which generally affects a particular organ or function within the body. Cancer, alcoholism, diabetes are all types of diseases.
Exercise 2
According to the nurse, HIV and malaria are examples of . (2 words)
According to the nurse, HIV and malaria are examples of infectious diseases. (2 words)
infectious diseases: The nurse says, "there's a risk that your blood may contain infectious diseases such as HIV, malaria and mad cow disease." An infectious disease is a sickness that results from the presence of pathogenic organisms that grow in the body. These diseases can be transmitted from one person to another via blood.
Exercise 3
Listen to the audio, then fill in the blanks with the missing terms.
Todd (the alien): "Everythingisperfectia" is very different than Earth. For one thing, there are no , no , and no .
Listen to the audio, then fill in the blanks with the missing terms.
Todd (the alien): "Everythingisperfectia" is very different than Earth. For one thing, there are no wars , no global warming , and no diseases .
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