disease/dɪ'ziːz/

n. an illness which affects people, animals or plants, esp. caused by infection

n. [C; U] 病，疾病：have（或suffer from） a disease 患病

◇He died of heart/brain disease last year. 他去年死于心脏病/脑病。

构词dis- + ease

音组-ease/-iːz/

disease; ease; please; tease

辨析disease; illness; sickness