0 (an) illness of people, animals, plants, etc., caused by infection or a failure of health rather than by an accident -- 病，疾病
The real disease affecting the country is inflation. 影響該國的真正惡疾是通貨膨脹。
Starvation and disease have killed thousands of refugees. 饑餓和疾病奪去了數千名難民的生命。
She has caught/contracted (= begun to have) a lung disease/disease of the lungs. 她患上了肺病。
The first symptom of the disease is a very high temperature. 這種病的最初症狀是高燒。
They reported a sudden outbreak of the disease in the south of the country. 他們報告說該國南部地區突然爆發了這種疾病。
a contagious/infectious disease 傳染病
Such risk factors are generally considered non-modifiable at the time of disease onset, but may be targets for preventative strategies in the future.
The main limitations in treating metastatic disease include poor vector transduction efficiencies and difficulties in targeting remote tumour cells with systemic vector delivery.
Over the past five years, outstanding progress has been made in the development of therapeutic strategies targeting these diseases.
Some of these compounds have been detrimental to the environment, and all too often the disease organisms being targeted have developed resistance.
The average annualized number of outpatient visits was substantially higher for each disease state compared with the number of inpatient episodes.
One factor that has not, to our knowledge, been explicitly examined is the role of specific symptoms and disease intensity on transmission.
The interview included an open disease history, a checklist of signs and symptoms, and a structured questionnaire.
Instead, they focused on the dominant urban health discourse surrounding reducing the cases of contagious diseases and improving hygiene.
