Converse of object

• suffer: More than two million people in Great Britain suffered an illness which they thought was caused or aggravated by their current or past employment.

• diagnose: In addition, there are no blatant symptoms of the disease, so doctors cannot properly diagnose the illness until it's significantly advanced.

• threaten: If a person has a life threatening illness or injury then they should still call 999.

• cure: People have been trying to cure illnesses of the eyes for longer than you might think.

• treat: The pharmacist can give you advice on treating minor illnesses.

• linger: He died on March 20th, 1919, aged only forty-five, " after a lingering illness " .

Converse of subject

• affect: We are confident that the support groups will give benefits to many people who are affected by this illness & to their carers.

Adjective modifier

• mental: Burden of mental illness on the family: A critical review.

• chronic: The product should also be relevant to the disability or chronic illness.

• psychiatric: These side effects are more common in people with a previous history of psychiatric illness.

• depressive: Any claim which results from depression, anxiety, mental illness, or a depressive illness of any type.

• serious: A serious illness obliged him to retire in 1919.

• severe: The virus caused severe respiratory illness in 18 people, 6 of whom died.

Modifies a noun

• cover: The most common of these is Critical Illness cover.

• insurance: Get a Direct Line critical illness insurance quote online.

Noun used with modifier

• terminal: For instance, to settle someone into respite care or to nurse someone through a terminal illness.

• manic-depressive: The Harvard researchers urge further trials of fish oils in the treatment of depression and manic-depressive illness.

• childhood: But childhood illnesses kill and they would kill today just as easily despite our ' improved ' diet.

• mystery: Doncaster Rovers midfielder Dave Mulligan has been given a clean bill of health after being taken to hospital with a mystery illness last week.

Preposition: with

• fever: This is usually a short lived flu-like illness with fever, lymph gland swelling and rash.