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disease

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of disease

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

Synonyms of disease

affection, ail, ailment, bug, complaint, complication, condition, disorder, distemper, distemperature, fever, ill, illness, infirmity, malady, sickness, trouble

Words Related to disease

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, plague

Near Antonyms of disease

fitness, healthiness, heartiness, robustness, soundness, wholeness, wholesomeness

Antonyms of disease

health, wellness

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