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disease
[ dih-zeez ]
noun
- a disordered or incorrectly functioning organ, part, structure, or system of the body resulting from the effect of genetic or developmental errors, infection, poisons, nutritional deficiency or imbalance, toxicity, or unfavorable environmental factors; illness; sickness; ailment.
Synonyms: malady, disorder, infirmity, indisposition, distemper, derangement, complaint, morbidity
Antonyms: health
- any abnormal condition in a plant that interferes with its vital physiological processes, caused by pathogenic microorganisms, parasites, unfavorable environmental, genetic, or nutritional factors, etc.
- any harmful, depraved, or morbid condition, as of the mind or society:
His fascination with executions is a disease.
- decomposition of a material under special circumstances:
tin disease.
verb (used with object)
- to affect with disease; make ill.
Antonyms: cure
disease
/ dɪˈziːz /
noun
- any impairment of normal physiological function affecting all or part of an organism, esp a specific pathological change caused by infection, stress, etc, producing characteristic symptoms; illness or sickness in general
- a corresponding condition in plants
- any situation or condition likened to this
the disease of materialism
Other Words From
- dis·eased·ly adverb
- dis·eased·ness noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of disease1
Example Sentences
As the campaign for the votes of the Sierra Club’s 750,000 members grew more rancorous, Zuckerman sent board members an article from Brimelow’s VDare, about how Latinos were spreading disease and crime and that “Hispandering” politicians were encouraging it, Cox recalled.
By then, the groups that Tanton had helped found had become larger than Tanton, who was in his mid-70s and diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, and they had achieved mainstream power.
He is credited with discovering the scientific basis for diagnosing and managing violence as a contagious disease and is the founder of the NGO Cure Violence Global.
Her consultant at The Christie, Claire Kelly, described Laura as an "inspirational woman" who, by sharing her story, had also raised awareness of the disease.
In 1798, Scottish doctor Sir Alexander Crichton wrote about a “disease of attention” with “an unnatural degree of mental restlessness.”
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