Disease and Outbreak

Disease

Disease noun - An abnormal state that disrupts a plant's or animal's normal bodily functioning.

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Outbreak and disease are semantically related in epidemic topic. In some cases you can use "Outbreak" instead a noun "Disease".

Nearby Word: diseased

Outbreak noun - A sudden and usually temporary growth of activity.

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Disease and outbreak are semantically related in epidemic topic. Sometimes you can use "Disease" instead a noun "Outbreak".

Nearby Word: outbreaking

alien	alien disease	alien outbreak
fake	fake disease	fake outbreak
actual	actual disease	actual outbreak
real	real disease	real outbreak
Other adjectives: serious, terrible, new, widespread, minor, deadly, mysterious, fictional, contagious, devastating, aforementioned, flesh-eating.

Princess Koko displays her Cloud Cuckoolander tendencies from the get-go by seeing a diseased cow and believing its an outbreak of penta-pox, which even in the story is a fictional disease.

Source: Fan Fic / Book 5: Legends
Planetary Romance The Plague: An outbreak of an Ebola-like disease is one of the reasons that there are so few people, and for their mutations.

Source: Literature / The Transall Saga
An outbreak of what seems to be a shadow-related disease causes the organization of a meeting of Persona users to discuss what to do.

Source: Roleplay / Persona Rebirth

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