known disease
collocation in Englishmeaningsofknownanddisease
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known
adjective
uk/nəʊn/us/noʊn/
used to refer to something or someone that is familiar to or understood ...
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disease
noun
uk/dɪˈziːz/us/dɪˈziːz/
(an) illness of people, animals, plants, etc., caused by infection or a failure of health rather than by ...
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(Definition ofknownanddiseasefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Others are treated for a longer period for aknowndisease.
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Screening is offered to people in a situation where there is no previouslyknowndiseaseor a need for medical care.
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A doctor seeks a cure for a disease, but the national curriculum is the cure for which there is noknowndisease.
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That is more than seven times as many as from cervical cancer, which is probably the betterknowndisease.
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Surely if there was a country where animals suffered from aknowndiseaselike foot-and-mouth, animals would be prevented altogether from being imported from that country.
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All it means is that nobody has yet discovered a direct correlation between the toxic chemicals and anyknowndiseaseor series of symptoms or syndromes.
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Perhaps the fault is ours, as we expect modern medicine to be able to cure everyknowndisease, or, if not to cure, at least to do something about it.
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Luthor presides over a string of scientific achievements, including the curing of allknowndisease, and colonization of the solar system.
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Giant reed has fewknowndiseaseor insect pest but in extensive cultivation no pesticides is used.
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The term orphan virus means that a virus that is not associated with anyknowndisease.
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This mechanism is the only currentlyknowndiseasethat acts on the synapse.
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Furthermore, it is not practical to test all animals for all known diseases.
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I was going to refer to one of the oldest of all known diseases, namely, rheumatism.
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I have no doubt that in the course of time, by further hybridisation, we shall be able to find a banana which is resistant to both the existing known diseases.
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He hasn't aged since reaching adulthood and is also immune to all known diseases.
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