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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 51Թ Forms
- 徱·Ļ· adverb
- 徱·Ļ·Ա noun
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of disease1
Example Sentences
Now, house finches, for instance, they have a really terrible disease that’s like pink eye, and it’s really taking them down.
The commissioner also said Wales "cannot afford to keep treating preventable diseases without addressing their underlying causes".
An inquest in January found Mr Mills' medical cause of death was ischaemic heart disease and drowning, with the coroner concluding that he died due to an accident caused by underlying natural causes.
Conditions which are not currently on the medical exemption list include Parkinson's disease, cystic fibrosis and motor neurone disease.
Funding for top Trump administration priorities — like programs on autism, chronic disease, drug abuse and mental health — is also on the chopping block.
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