organic disease

noun

, Pathology.

1. a disease in which there is a structural alteration ( functional disease ).

organic disease

noun

1. See functional disease
   any disease in which there is a physical change in the structure of an organ or part Compare functional disease

Word History and Origins

Origin of organic disease¹

First recorded in 1835–45

Example Sentences

Absence or marked diminution, therefore, indicates organic disease of the stomach.

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When the amount of free hydrochloric acid is normal, organic disease of the stomach probably does not exist.

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In the meantime, the patient may be constantly in the wildest motion and so add to the exhausting effect of the organic disease.

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I except one case, the case of any child who is marked for death by organic disease, and knows it.

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She would make a vigorous effort to keep from dying, she had no organic disease, but something might happen.

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