A non-communicable disease, or NCD, is a MEDICAL CONDITION OR DISEASE

a damaging immune response by the body to a substance, esp. pollen, fur, a particular food, or dust, to which it has become hypersensitive.

noun 1. painful inflammation and stiffness of the joints.

a metabolic disease in which the body’s inability to produce any or enough insulin causes elevated levels of glucose in the blood.

a malignant neoplasm of the skin

a progressive disease of the nervous system marked by tremor, muscular rigidity, and slow, imprecise movement, chiefly affecting middle-aged and elderly people.

NOUN 1. A RESPIRATORY CONDITION MARKED BY SPASMS IN THE BRONCHI OF THE LUNGS, CAUSING DIFFICULTY IN BREATHING. IT USUALLY RESULTS FROM AN ALLERGIC REACTION OR OTHER FORMS OF HYPERSENSITIVITY.