Vocabulary

Form

to contract (a disease); to suffer from

verb vi
N3 freq #900

Example sentences

He contracted an incurable disease.

He was terminally ill with cancer.

He has got cancer.

I had toxemia during my pregnancy.

He had three-day measles the other day.

I'm afraid I've contracted a venereal disease.

Have you ever had food poisoning?

I often have ear infections.