Disease

General words for disease and for words referring to specific diseases.

• What words refer to a disease?
  illness disease complaint condition ailment disorder infection bug sickness malady infirmity affliction contagion debility indisposition fever syndrome malaise
• What words refer to a disease that lasts a short time?
  attack a bout of a touch of
• What words describe a type of disease?
  acute chronic bacterial complication critical curable degenerative genetic morbid nervous neuromuscular psychosomatic virus wasting
• What words describe a disease that kills people?
  terminal fatal incurable
• What words describe a disease that people can get easily?
  infectious contagious catching
• What words refer to a disease spreading to other people?
  spread epidemic outbreak plague
• What are the names of particular diseases?
  allergy allergic amoeba appendicitis cholera colic colicky colitis cyst diabetes diabetic diphtheria distemper dropsy dysentery elephantiasis encephalitis fibrosis fistula flux hypertension gallstone goiter heatstroke hernia herpes zoster hemophilia hemorrhoid hives hookworm kidney stone lockjaw lumbago malaria meningitis mononucleosis mumps phlebitis piles plague polio poliomyelitis psoriasis rabid rabies rubella sclerosis sunstroke tetanus typhoid typhus yellow fever airsick carsick seasick
• What words refer to a disease of the brain or mind?
  Alzheimer's amnesia stroke depression schizophrenia shock stress
• What words refer to epilepsy?
  epilepsy epileptic epileptic seizure have a seizure fit
• What words refer to a disease of the eyes?
  eye disease glaucoma red eyes pinkeye cataract conjunctivitis sty
• What words refer to a disease of the nose and throat?
  cough whooping cough cold sore throat influenza flu chill
• What words refer to a disease of the lungs?
  respiratory disease tuberculosis angina asthma asthmatic pneumonia emphysema grippe hay fever bronchitis
• What words refer to a disease of the heart?
  heart attack heart failure coronary arteriosclerosis cardiovascular fibrillation hardening of the arteries thrombosis heart murmur weak heart heart condition
• What words refer to a disease of the liver?
  liver disease hepatitis jaundice cirrhosis
• What words refer to sexually transmitted disease?
  venereal disease AIDS gonorrhea syphilis herpes
• What words refer to a disease of the bones and joints?
  arthritis arthritic stiffness of the joints rheumatic rheumatism backache
• What words refer to cancer?
  cancer cancerous tumor skin cancer leukemia lung cancer liver cancer malignancy malignant benign

• Malnutrition, starvation
• Skin disease
• Stomach illness
• Tooth decay