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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: , , , , , , ,
Antonyms:
- 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:
disease
/ ɪˈː /
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 Word Forms
- 徱·Ļ· adverb
- 徱·Ļ·Ա noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of disease1
Example Sentences
Other vaccine-preventable diseases would also probably pop up in the coming quarter-century — 190 cases of rubella, 18 of poliomyelitis, eight of diphtheria, according to the Stanford team’s models.
A further, lesser known risk is that of silicosis, a lung disease caused by breathing in silica dust, usually over many years.
A paleo diet is based on the idea that if we eat like our ancient ancestors, we'll be healthier and reduce our risk of certain diseases.
The former deputy prime minister died at the age of 86 in November 2024 after living with Alzheimer's disease for a number of years.
But about three quarters of all human infectious diseases are zoonotic, including the majority of novel epidemics and pandemics in recent years, and there's overlap with the issue of thawing permafrost.
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