disease
Asthma is the most common chronic disease in childhood.
Insurers will not cover pets with chronic diseases.
An allergy to pollen is one of the most common chronic diseases in the nation, affecting around 10 percent of the population.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Lacking things
bankrupt
bankruptcy
be hard up (for something)idiom
bereft
cry out for something
if it wasn't/weren't forphrase
in someone's hour of needidiom
inappeasable
lack
lacking
minus
scrape
scream
scream (out) for somethingidiom
shortage
shy
skimpily
starve someone/something of something
starved
taken
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Disease & illness - general words