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disease-ridden

disease-ridden adjective: dominated by disease.

Adjective

disease-ridden (comparative more disease-ridden, superlative most disease-ridden)

  1. dominated by disease.
    • Disease-ridden livestock can pose a danger to public health.

Forms of disease-ridden

comparativemore disease-ridden
superlativemost disease-ridden

Origin of disease-ridden

From disease + -ridden.

Questions about disease-ridden

What does disease-ridden mean?
Disease-ridden means dominated by disease.
What part of speech is disease-ridden?
Disease-ridden is an adjective.

Words near disease-ridden in the dictionary

  1. disease mongering
  2. disease of despair
  3. Disease X
  4. disease-free
  5. disease-modifying
  6. disease-ridden
  7. diseased
  8. diseasedly
  9. diseasedness
  10. diseaseful
  11. diseasefulness

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