as in illness
an abnormal state that disrupts a plant's or animal's normal bodily functioning
they caught a rare disease while they were traveling in Africa and were sick for weeks
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Recent Examples of disease
The disease is similar to cystic fibrosis in humans and is often fatal for orangutans within a few years of diagnosis, zookeepers said.
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Cecilio Padilla,
CBS News,
30 June 2026
Current measures reduce severe disease, but RSV can evolve to escape them.
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William A. Haseltine,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
Both zucchini and cucumber suffer from the same diseases and pests, like gray mold, mildew, and cucumber mosaic virus, all of which can be exacerbated when grown next to one another.
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Martha Stewart,
30 June 2026
In the grand scheme of things, Lyme disease is a fairly new scientific discovery.
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Hannah Chinn,
NPR,
30 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for disease
Cecilio Padilla,
CBS News,
30 June 2026
Current measures reduce severe disease, but RSV can evolve to escape them.
—
William A. Haseltine,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
Both zucchini and cucumber suffer from the same diseases and pests, like gray mold, mildew, and cucumber mosaic virus, all of which can be exacerbated when grown next to one another.
—
Martha Stewart,
30 June 2026
In the grand scheme of things, Lyme disease is a fairly new scientific discovery.
—
Hannah Chinn,
NPR,
30 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disease
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What Research Shows About Cancer in Dogs While there is no evidence that turkey tail shrinks tumors, the mushroom has drawn real scientific interest as a complementary therapy for serious illness.
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Harold Wheeler, a prolific and Tony-winning Broadway orchestrator, composer and conductor who for 17 seasons served as musical director for ABC’s Dancing with the Stars, died following a lengthy illness Wednesday, June 24, at his home in Los Angeles.
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The women wanted physicians who were disease preventers, and doctors who were attentive to the difficulties wrought by menopause, which have been increasingly found to leave women vulnerable to other ailments.
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Imaging this week showed Brown has a stress reaction in his neck, which was in the same spot as his 2024 ailment that ultimately had been diagnosed as an osteoma (benign bone tumor).
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Large protests are expected and, in a country where migration has become an easy target for people suffering from a cascade of social and economic ills, the gatherings risk becoming combustible.
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But that also eradicates a crucial option - to mount a show trial and scapegoat him for all the ills of his rule, thus absolving others.
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Ailani Troncoso, now 4, was born with Alagille syndrome and struggled daily with the effects of the rare genetic disorder, according to CBS News.
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Additionally, those who ditched cigarettes for vapes had a 7% higher risk of developing refractive and accommodation disorders, which affect the eye's ability to focus clearly.
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Symptoms of cyclosporiasis occur between two days and two weeks after exposure, and include frequent watery diarrhea, loss of appetite and weight, abdominal cramps and bloating, nausea and low-grade fever.
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Monroe County health officials say symptoms occur two to 14 days after exposure and include frequent watery diarrhea, loss of appetite and weight, cramps and bloating, nausea and low-grade fever.
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Some require extreme heat or highly acidic conditions.
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Prescott-Hansen posted a $50,000 bond and was released without conditions.
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Some, Mute said, suggested that the spreading sickness was tuberculosis, AIDS or even mercury poisoning — from the chemical that miners use to extract gold from ore.
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Around the same time, Martinez said, fire rescue received a few medical calls from fans experiencing heat sickness at the event.
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“Disease.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disease. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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