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Soheil1 Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

Illness

Hi.
What's the difference between ilness, disease?
  

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Human diseases can be caused by poisons, viruses, bacteria, genetic defects, or parasites. There are also plant diseases and animal diseases. Some diseases can be cured, some cannot.

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  • Human diseases can be caused by poisons, viruses, bacteria, genetic defects, or parasites.
  • There are also plant diseases and animal diseases.
  • Some diseases can be cured, some cannot.
  • ) can be diseased - which means that it is not functioning properly.
  • Illness can be used as a synonym, but it more refers to symptoms, or conditions that a sick person experiences, rather than a named diagnosis.
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Human diseases can be caused by poisons, viruses, bacteria, genetic defects, or parasites. There are also plant diseases and animal diseases. Some diseases can be cured, some cannot. Diseases have specific names - http://medical-diction
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So you say 'illness' refers to the result of a disease?What about 'condition', 'sickness', etc?
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How do you want to use these words? A lot depends on the specific context.
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Like 'My illness is', etc
Or like 'illnesses/diseases are recorded in the ...list'
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Examples:

I have been diagnosed with Lou Gherig's disease.

I had a recent illness, but now I am feeling much better. Illnesses due to flu were much less prevalent last winter.

I have a medical condition that prevents me from playing volleyball.

There has been one disease that has been eradicated, and two others that can be giv
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