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I don't know what is usually used, but I do know that it is correct to say that you acquire diseases that you aren't born with, like malaria. So, yes, one does
by dfxm12 3y ago
I don't know what is usually used, but I do know that it is correct to say that you acquire diseases that you aren't born with, like malaria. So, yes, one does certainly acquire STDs. It depends with cancer. Some cancers are inherited, some are acquired.
Yes, you can also acquire a car, but I'm not sure why that might lead one to think that "acquired malaria" is incorrect...
- prometheus76 3y ago"Acquiring" usually implies "by one's own efforts" rather than being infected with a disease.
- dfxm12 3y agoI'm not sure how "to gain" excludes gaining a disease. In any case, as I've alluded to before, other uses of acquire don't make the definition of developing a disease you weren't born with any less legitimate. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯