Definition of disease
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:a harmful development (as in a social institution)
- sees the city's crime as a disease
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Examples of disease in a Sentence
He suffers from a rare genetic disease.
a disease of the mind
Thousands die of heart disease each year.
They are working to stop the spread of disease in rural areas.
The article cites intolerance as one of the most dangerous of society's diseases.
He sees crime as a disease that too often plagues the poor and disadvantaged.
Recent Examples of disease from the Web
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Researchers also tried rTMS in people with obsessive-compulsive disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder, stroke, Parkinson’s disease, epilepsy, tinnitus, and chronic pain.
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There was no increase in West Nile disease or St. Louis encephalitis in Louisiana or Mississippi that year.
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The hunger crisis is propelling the country toward famine, leaving even more of the population vulnerable to diseases such as cholera.
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Without an operating room (and access to chemotherapy and radiation), the surgeon could only visit her patients at home and hold their hands as the disease killed them.
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Damage to water and sanitation facilities make residents of disaster areas vulnerable to diseases, including cholera and typhoid, the World Health Organization said on Monday.
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Broyles died Monday due to complications from Alzheimer's disease.
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A 2016 multiple-study review linked traffic pollution to asthma, pulmonary disease, eczema and even food allergies. 13.
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All these notions, however well-intentioned and emotionally understandable, constitute a cure worse than the disease.
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Origin and Etymology of disease
Middle English disese, from Anglo-French desease, desaise, from des- dis- + eise ease
disease Synonyms
Synonyms
affection, ail, ailment, bug, complaint, complication, condition, disorder, distemper, distemperature, fever, ill, illness, infirmity, malady, sickness, troubleAntonyms
health, wellnessRelated Words
contagion, contagious disease; contagium, infection; attack, bout, fit, spell; debility, decrepitude, feebleness, frailness, lameness, sickliness, unhealthiness, unsoundness, unwellness, weakness; malaise, matter, pip; epidemic, pest, pestilence, plagueNear Antonyms
fitness, healthiness, heartiness, robustness, soundness, wholeness, wholesomeness; fettle, shapeDISEASE Defined for English Language Learners
DISEASE Defined for Kids
Definition of disease for Students
:a change in a living body (as of a person or plant) that prevents it from functioning normally :sickness
Medical Dictionary
medical Definition of disease
:an impairment of the normal state of the living animal or plant body or one of its parts that interrupts or modifies the performance of the vital functions, is typically manifested by distinguishing signs and symptoms, and is a response to environmental factors (as malnutrition, industrial hazards, or climate), to specific infective agents (as worms, bacteria, or viruses), to inherent defects of the organism (as genetic anomalies), or to combinations of these factors :sickness, illness — called also
morbus; compare health 1
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