Converse of object

• transmit: Even tho condoms are not 100 per cent safe, they do protect you against sexually transmitted diseases.

• inherit: Preimplantation genetic diagnosis ( PGD ) has great potential for preventing inherited genetic diseases.

• treat: Targets for drugs designed to treat many human diseases will often be such human proteins.

• prevent: This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.

• cure: This spell will also cure any diseases the subject might have at the time.

Adjective modifier

• coronary: Being at high risk is a latent stage of coronary heart disease.

• infectious: By contrast, there were no unfilled posts in renal medicine or infectious diseases.

• cardiovascular: The study brings together a multi-disciplinary team who have worked together over the last decade studying the risk factors for cardiovascular disease.

• chronic: Up to 6,000 deaths a year from chronic obstructive lung diseases may be related to work.

• respiratory: Acid rain has also been linked to respiratory diseases in children.

• inflammatory: Identification of genetic risk factors for inflammatory bowel disease in the Scottish population.

Modifies a noun

• outbreak: Table 1 illustrates how significant disease outbreaks might affect an industry.

• prevention: June 2005 To use the data to investigate the economics of cardiovascular disease prevention in primary care.

• progression: Treatment must be initiated rapidly as disease progression can be swift.

Noun used with modifier

• heart: Being at high risk is a latent stage of coronary heart disease.

• liver: Obesity seems to increase the risk of advanced liver disease in heavy drinkers.

• kidney: Treatment for kidney disease focuses on blood pressure control using ACE inhibitors.

• lung: Do you suffer from liver, kidney or lung disease?

• mouth: These areas are invasive species, foot and mouth disease and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome.

• bowel: Identification of genetic risk factors for inflammatory bowel disease in the Scottish population.