Disease and Pollution

Disease

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

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

Nearby Word: diseased

Pollution noun - Undesirable state of the natural environment being contaminated with harmful substances as a consequence of human activities.

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Disease and pollution are semantically related in communicable disease topic. Sometimes you can use "Disease" instead a noun "Pollution".

single	single disease	single pollution
nasty	nasty disease	nasty pollution
real	real disease	real pollution
rampant	rampant disease	rampant pollution
Other adjectives: severe, widespread, deadly, magical, aforementioned, horrific, life-threatening, genetic, victorian, waterborne.

Can be written off as Artistic License Biology, if it's not justified by pollution or disease having reduced the remaining real organisms' fertility.

Source: Only Electric Sheep Are Cheap
Mordekaiser in League of Legends is an odd example in that his in-game abilities are based on control of metal, but is nevertheless drawn to disease and pollution and his touch causes sickness.

Source: Plaguemaster
Whilst it is true that most waterborne pollution and disease comes from human habitation and agriculture (especially the nastiest kinds, heavy metals and viruses that can't be simply filtered out), even small fast flowing streams in high mountains are not guaranteed to be safe.

Source: Cool, Clear Water

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