a fatal disease of fresh-water fish caused by a flagellated protozoan invading the skin.
Lupus is a potentially fatal disease. It develops when the body's protector cells stop differentiating between healthy cells and bacteria.
Marburg haemorrhagic fever is a severe and highly fatal disease caused by a virus from the same family as the one that causes Ebola haemorrhagic fever.
Immunization coverage against fatal diseases has increased to 99% in some countries.
My grandmother suffers from a fatal disease.
The doctor told the patient he had a fatal disease and only had two months to live.
Classical swine fever virus (CSFV) is the causative agent of classical swine fever, a highly contagious and often fatal disease of domestic pigs.
people born and raised under favorable conditions show substantially lower rates of chronic and fatal diseases later in life.
Total calcium intake was tied to advanced and fatal disease, but both associations fell short of statistical significance.
Any of several parasitic tapeworms of the genus Echinococcus, the larvae of which infect mammals and form large, spherical cysts in the liver or lungs, causing serious or fatal disease.
The fatal disease can be transmitted to humans eating meat from an infected animal.
The monkeypox virus can cause a fatal disease in humans; it is similar to human smallpox, although typically much less serious.
For all intents and purposes, Rivers had suffered digital death, a near-fatal disease in our increasingly interconnected world.
Some scientists are searching for ways to harness the immune-priming effects of microorganisms without the fatal diseases.
A contagious, usually fatal disease of horses and other equine species, caused by the bacterium Pseudomonas mallei and symptomized by swollen lymph nodes, nasal discharge, and ulcers of the respiratory tract and disease is communicable to other mammals, including human beings.
fatal disease; mortally ill; past all hope
The cruelty of a fatal disease often lies in its destruction of the spirit of the patient over a thousand times that of the body.
Cardiovascular disease has been the most important killer in industrialized countries, and it will also be a fatal disease in developing countries to 2020.
