devastating disease
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdevastatinganddisease
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devastating
adjective
uk/ˈdev.ə.steɪ.tɪŋ/us/ˈdev.ə.steɪ.t̬ɪŋ/
causing a lot of damage ...
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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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It is adevastatingdiseasethat leaves people unable to walk, talk, eat or drink.
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In particular, an intensive effort is under way to find out how the pandemic 1918 strain caused suchdevastatingdisease.
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We have celebrated their accomplishments and wept alongside them in remembrance of those persons whose lives have been cut short by thisdevastatingdisease.
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As our knowledge of the molecular basis o f thisdevastatingdiseaseexpands, further options for gene therapy of this disease will doubtless present themselves.
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This is adevastatingdiseasefor farming and for rural communities affected.
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As a result, malaria, cholera, tuberculosis and otherdevastatingdiseaseare rife.
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Not only the farming community has been affected by thisdevastatingdisease.
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This is adevastatingdiseasefor farming and for the rural communities affected.
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Historically, puerperal fever was adevastatingdisease.
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This is adevastatingdiseasein poultry causing very high mortality – up to 95% in 24 hours.
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In fact, no foot and mouth cases were identified in my constituency, which was miraculously spared thatdevastatingdisease.
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Bipolar disorder is adevastatingdiseaseand an increased understanding of its underlying causes has great significance not only for research purposes, but also for a reduction of human suffering.
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We are therefore doing a great deal, all of it geared to providing the best possible service for those suffering from thisdevastatingdisease.
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Is it not absurd that measles should be made notifiable but not thisdevastatingdisease, which can last for months and years?
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What steps does he propose to take to minimise the likelihood of the spread of what could be adevastatingdisease?
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After 1849, the silk farms were almost all abandoned because of thisdevastatingdisease.
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At the time rinderpest was adevastatingdiseasewith a mortality rate of 8090%.
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It is adevastatingdiseasewhich places huge burdens on families and carers, who are often isolated and in poor health because of the burdens they face.
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However, it was doomed by poor planning, short provisions, weak leadership, lack of demand for trade goods, anddevastatingdisease.
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Immune-mediated hemolytic anemia is adevastatingdiseasethat causes severe anemia in dogs through destruction by the immune system.
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At present, there is very little public awareness of thisdevastatingdisease, and there is not enough funding available to raise knowledge among the medical community to improve early diagnosis.
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