diseases

NOUN

ailment, affliction

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bug cancer condition contamination defect disorder epidemic fever flu illness infection inflammation malady plague sickness stroke syndrome virus

STRONG

ache affection attack blight breakdown canker collapse complaint contagion convulsions debility decrepitude distemper endemic feebleness fit hemorrhage indisposition infirmity misery seizure spell temperature unhealthiness unsoundness upset visitation

WEAK

ill health pathosis sickliness

Antonyms

STRONGEST

advantage good health health

STRONG

ability blessing boon happiness soundness strength

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diseases

If voters approve the measure, $7.5 billion in bonds would fund California scientific and medical research into diseases such as cancer, Parkinson’s and ALS.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Large numbers will go on to die awful deaths from Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative brain diseases as a result of their work entertaining us on TV.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

Indeed, Amodei goes on to say that this finding could be a step toward developing cures for most diseases in five to 10 years.

From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2026

And the country had been facing high malnutrition and outbreaks of diseases like cholera "already circulating on a large scale", she said.

From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026

Native people had little natural resistance, or immunity, to these new diseases.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis