fatal disease

collocation in English

meaningsoffatalanddisease

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fatal
adjective
uk
/ˈfeɪ.təl/us
/ˈfeɪ.t̬əl/
A fatal illness, accident, etc. ...
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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 offatalanddiseasefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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On rare occasions, infections in humans can develop into a potentiallyfataldisease.
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I remember when pneumonia was afataldisease.
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In doing so, we addressed a number of difficulties related to the experimental use of a readily available compound in a progressive, ultimatelyfataldisease.
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It is a rare progressive and usuallyfataldiseasethat attacks the neurons (nerve cells) responsible for controlling one's voluntary muscles.
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There is a risk of contracting afataldiseaseto which there is no known cure.
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She then discovered that she was a carrier of thatfataldisease.
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As we have heard, breast cancer is a common and, far too often,fataldisease.
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Cancer of the lung was once considered to be a uniformlyfataldisease.
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That resulted in a severefataldisease.
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During the 18th century this was considered afataldisease.
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Afflicted by thefataldiseaseof the red spots.
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Fortunately, it is rarely afataldisease, but it is unpleasant, as anyone who has suffered from it will testify.
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Asbestos is the most serious occupational health problem in terms offataldiseasethat the country faces.
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The decision means that thousands of victims of thefataldiseasemesothelioma have been deprived of compensation.
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Here, then, is perhaps anotherfataldiseaseto be added to the long list of illnesses caused by asbestos.
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We are talking not about consequences amounting to something like flu, but about an incurablefataldisease.
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Thisfataldiseaseis acquired through unhygienic breeding conditions, which are, tragically, rife in many puppy farms.
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When thefataldiseasetakes hold—it does so among men mainly—their families suffer enormous hardship.
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It was obvious that scurvy was afataldiseasethat seriously inhibited the fleet's ability to sail around the world.
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This is attributable to the increased awareness of the health care team in recognizing the early signs of this oncefataldiseasesuch that early antibiotic intervention is possible.
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Other participants felt that a greater proportion of societal resources should be redirected toward the prevention of cancer as opposed to the treatment of an advanced and usuallyfataldisease.
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The symbology, while simple, is effective for a study offataldisease.
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Mycobacterium celatum has been shown to causefataldiseasein both immunocompetent and immunocompromised patients.
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One of the parasitic diseases was schistosomiasis, a disabling and potentiallyfataldisease.
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