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disease

[ dih-zeez ]

noun

  1. 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: , , , , , , ,

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  2. 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.
  3. any harmful, depraved, or morbid condition, as of the mind or society:

    His fascination with executions is a disease.

  4. decomposition of a material under special circumstances:

    tin disease.



verb (used with object)

diseased, diseasing.
  1. to affect with disease; make ill.

    Antonyms:

disease

/ ɪˈː /

noun

  1. 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
  2. a corresponding condition in plants
  3. any situation or condition likened to this

    the disease of materialism

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Other Word Forms

  • 徱·𲹲Ļ· adverb
  • 徱·𲹲Ļ·Ա noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of disease1

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English disese, from Anglo-French dese(a)se, disaise; dis- 1 + ease
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Word History and Origins

Origin of disease1

C14: from Old French desaise; see dis- 1, ease
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Example Sentences

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It wasn’t just the financial constraints of indie filmmaking driving Burke’s urgency to get the film going but Berger’s Parkinson’s disease as well.

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At Desert View, staff were lax in managing infectious diseases, the report said, while at Mesa Verde, detainees experienced prolonged wait times for critical off-site care.

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Would we know if a suspicious cluster of human cases, that could represent the first sustained human-to-human transmission of the disease, were happening?

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Now, house finches, for instance, they have a really terrible disease that’s like pink eye, and it’s really taking them down.

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The commissioner also said Wales "cannot afford to keep treating preventable diseases without addressing their underlying causes".

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