Illness and Plague

Illness

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

Usage example: suffered from a mysterious illness that left her weak and tired all the time

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Plague and illness are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Plague" instead a noun "Illness".

Nearby Word: ill

Plague noun - A widespread disease resulting in a high rate of death.

Usage example: the Black Death was a plague that killed about one third of Europe's population in the Middle Ages

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Illness and plague are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Illness" instead a noun "Plague".

Nearby Words: plagued, plaguing

similar	similar illness	similar plague
common	common illness	common plague
natural	natural illness	natural plague
specific	specific illness	specific plague
Other adjectives: simple, nasty, actual, real, terrible, horrible, major, final, apparent, deadly, fatal, lethal, mysterious, incurable, unknown, strange, last, sudden, contagious, magical, devastating, crippling, debilitating, genetic.

This is a plot point because once the healers rebelled, the city became laden with plague and illness since they hadn't developed much in the way of medicinal skills.

Source: Webcomic / Blindsprings
Adult Fear: The series is rife with these: miscarriage, mental illness, the death of your only child, isolationism and terminal illness are all fears which plague the characters (and happen to them).

Source: Literature / The Passage
Typically a Plaguemaster's physical form is just as ravaged by disease as his victims, but due to the character's empathy for illness, they frequently enjoy immunity to the negative effects of the diseases they carry, and may even have supernatural toughness because they're a walking plague ward.

Source: Plaguemaster