afflicts in the PONS Dictionary

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After retirement, he was afflicted by arthritis and in his latter years was used a wheelchair.
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He was sent to a school for the blind, but he was also afflicted by other medical problems and his health failed.
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The temple is frequented by people afflicted with leprosy.
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Parasites, such as the larvae of flies and a variety of intestinal worms, also afflict the giant otter.
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He was afflicted with eye problems that left him nearly blind from early childhood, losing all his sight toward the end of his life.
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Some of his children were also afflicted with hypertrichosis universalis and painted.
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However, in developing nations, nutritional optic neuropathy is much more common, especially in regions afflicted by famine.
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Contact with it causes skin irritation, and if the eyes are afflicted, blindness may occur.
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The female worker bees are most strongly afflicted, less so the drones.
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The lack of empathy for their victims among young criminals is just one symptom of a problem that afflicts the whole society.
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