Collocations for disease - noun

common
obscure, rare
dangerous, serious
mild
acute, chronic, severe
debilitating, degenerative
deadly, fatal, incurable, killer, life-threatening, terminal
fears of a new killer disease

curable, treatable
preventable
communicable, contagious, infectious
non-communicable
congenital, genetic, hereditary, inherited
childhood
childhood diseases such as mumps and chicken pox

tropical
blood-borne, insect-borne, waterborne
HIV and other blood-borne diseases

occupational
bowel, heart, liver, etc.
He suffered from coronary heart disease

cardiovascular, pulmonary, etc.
mental
sexually transmitted, social, venereal
patients suffering from venereal diseases

autoimmune, circulatory, respiratory, etc.
bacterial, viral
Alzheimer's, Crohn's, Parkinson's, etc.
foot-and-mouth, hoof-and-mouth (AmE), mad cow, etc.
Dutch elm

outbreak
fears of an outbreak of the disease

have, suffer from
He has a serious lung disease.

catch, contract, develop, get
You can't catch the disease just from physical contact.
She got a rare liver disease when she was only twenty.

die from, die of
Children are still dying in their millions from preventable diseases.

cause
a disease caused by a vitamin deficiency

carry, pass on, spread, transmit
the ticks that carry the disease
Such unhygienic practices spread disease.
The disease is transmitted by mosquitoes.

inherit
detect, diagnose
treat
combat, fight
The government must take action to fight this deadly disease.

control, manage
new drugs which help to control the disease

cure
prevent
It's better to prevent disease by ensuring a clean water supply.

eradicate, stamp out, wipe out
The disease has been eradicated from the world.

spread
They want to stop the disease from spreading.

affect sb, afflict sb, occur, strike sb
develop, progress
kill sb
The disease has killed 500 people so far this year.

with a/the disease
the number of people with this disease

disease in
Avian flu can cause severe disease in humans.

disease of
a disease of the digestive system

a cure for a disease
the incidence of (a) disease
the overall incidence of disease in the world

a patient with a disease, sufferer from a disease
Sufferers from Alzheimer's disease can't cope at home.

the progression of a disease
Drugs can slow down the progression of the disease, but not cure it altogether.

resistance to disease
Tobacco lowers the body's resistance to disease.

the risk of disease
the risk of coronary heart disease

the spread of (a) disease
measures to prevent the spread of the disease

the symptoms of a disease
the treatment for a disease, the treatment of a disease