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
Bonner, 35, died of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease on May 27, 2024, according to the medical examiner’s autopsy report.
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Cody Copeland, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 May 2025
For people with elevated LDL who don’t respond sufficiently to statins and are at very high risk for cardiovascular disease, strong cholesterol drugs called PCSK9 inhibitors have been found to reduce elevated Lp(a) levels by 20 to 25%.
—Stacey Colino, Time, 22 May 2025
Provide good spacing between plants and a sunny location to help manage the disease.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 22 May 2025
The blood test was cleared for use in people age 55 and older who exhibit signs and symptoms of the disease.
—Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 21 May 2025
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Cody Copeland, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 May 2025
For people with elevated LDL who don’t respond sufficiently to statins and are at very high risk for cardiovascular disease, strong cholesterol drugs called PCSK9 inhibitors have been found to reduce elevated Lp(a) levels by 20 to 25%.
—Stacey Colino, Time, 22 May 2025
Provide good spacing between plants and a sunny location to help manage the disease.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 22 May 2025
The blood test was cleared for use in people age 55 and older who exhibit signs and symptoms of the disease.
—Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 21 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disease
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With this move, the FDA will limit the vaccine’s availability later this year to older adults and those who may be at risk of severe illness, Reuters reported.—
Saleen Martin,
USA Today,
23 May 2025
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Most people recover without treatment, however, in rare circumstances, infection can produce more severe illness and require hospitalization.—
Meghan Overdeep,
Southern Living,
22 May 2025
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The threadbare plot is set in motion when Tesfaye’s screen-self (henceforth referred to as Abel) loses his voice while touring, a real-life incident forced here into heavy-handed metaphor as an existential ailment symptomatic of his deeper issues with himself and women.—
Charles Bramesco,
IndieWire,
15 May 2025
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Djokovic struggled with his fitness and had a reputation for pulling out of matches with various ailments.—
Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
15 May 2025
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On one level, this flurry of proposals to ills that have been festering in California and domestically for years is more posturing than problem solving.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
5 May 2025
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Protectionists presented tariffs as the essential policy to quicken the development of manufactures as well as a remedy to the social ills that afflicted the emerging industrial working class.—
Made by History,
Time,
28 Apr. 2025
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Researchers found that most parents with a substance use disorder abuse alcohol.—
Rachel Raposas,
People.com,
13 May 2025
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And golf courses have already been linked to another neurological disorder, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), which University of Michigan Medicine researchers identified in a 2024 paper.—
Bronwyn Thompson,
New Atlas,
13 May 2025
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Now cats are being used as props for deforestation propaganda and next-gen glitch art morphs the world into a Fibonacci fever dream.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
21 May 2025
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Those could include high fever, cough, runny nose, watery eyes and a facial or hairline rash that tends to appear within five days of infection.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
20 May 2025
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In that way, her dress is always a significant part of Addy’s story, a story that, while fictional, represents the stories of many African Americans born into slavery, who refused to accept that condition.—
Jaha Nailah Avery,
Essence,
13 May 2025
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Our evaluation across essential metrics—Growth, Profitability, Financial Stability, and Downturn Resilience—shows that Johnson & Johnson exhibits robust operational performance and a strong financial condition, as detailed below.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
13 May 2025
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Luther is shown struggling with a sickness early in the movie.—
Tommy McArdle,
People.com,
23 May 2025
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Organic materials like wood and oil that don’t fully burn can leave polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons — or PAHs — which can harm the immune system and cause sickness in the short term and cancer in the long term.—
Noah Haggerty,
Los Angeles Times,
22 May 2025
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“Disease.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disease. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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