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
Alzheimer's researchers believe the disease takes root with brain changes before memory and thinking problems surface.
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Ken Alltucker, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2025
This marks a major shift from older Alzheimer's treatments, which could only manage symptoms without slowing down the disease much.
—Allen Chang, ABC News, 29 Apr. 2025
The pests set about sucking the sap from grape roots, slowly weakening them and opening wounds that invited disease.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 28 Apr. 2025
Studies show that taking curcumin in supplement form lowers body weight, body mass index (BMI), and waist circumference (a way to measure cardiovascular risk, which is risk to the heart and blood vessel disease).
—Cristina Mutchler, Verywell Health, 28 Apr. 2025
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Ken Alltucker, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2025
This marks a major shift from older Alzheimer's treatments, which could only manage symptoms without slowing down the disease much.
—Allen Chang, ABC News, 29 Apr. 2025
The pests set about sucking the sap from grape roots, slowly weakening them and opening wounds that invited disease.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 28 Apr. 2025
Studies show that taking curcumin in supplement form lowers body weight, body mass index (BMI), and waist circumference (a way to measure cardiovascular risk, which is risk to the heart and blood vessel disease).
—Cristina Mutchler, Verywell Health, 28 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disease
Noun
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Pet owners should watch for signs of illness and consult a veterinarian with concerns, according to Douglas County health officials.—
Adriana Pérez,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Apr. 2025
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Modern medicine’s first attempt to cure psychiatric illness through surgery may be traced back to the late 19th century, when Gottlieb Burckhardt, a Swiss psychiatrist, removed tissue from the cerebral cortex in a half-dozen patients.—
Frieda Klotz,
Smithsonian Magazine,
25 Apr. 2025
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Summary Celery has been used throughout history as a folk medicine to relieve many ailments.—
Hannah Coakley, MSPH, RDN,
Verywell Health,
21 Apr. 2025
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That October, Néstor died of a heart ailment, and the next month Bergoglio was called to testify in front of a panel of judges about the abduction, more than thirty years earlier, of the Jesuit priests.—
Graciela Mochkofsky,
New Yorker,
21 Apr. 2025
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From worrying about how much TV little kids can watch to what social media is doing to the mental health of teens, parenting has turned into a constant battle against the ills of the screen.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
11 Apr. 2025
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Every possible ill, every source of embarrassment to their bourgeois sensibilities, was blamed on the plant.—
Wade Davis,
Rolling Stone,
6 Apr. 2025
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Typically, a neurologist may suspect the disorder by identifying characteristic voice breaks when the patients is speaking.—
Indu Subramanian,
The Conversation,
1 May 2025
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His bill also proposed creating a center at the University of South Florida to study the links between substance use disorder and mental health issues.—
Romy Ellenbogen,
Miami Herald,
30 Apr. 2025
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When the rash appears, the fever may spike over 104 degrees Fahrenheit, according to the CDC.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Apr. 2025
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Climate & Environment Valley fever is a growing risk in Central California; few visitors ever get a warning Oct. 2, 2024 The largest jump occurred in Monterey County, where case counts tripled, from 100 as of Nov. 30, 2022, to 299 by the same time in 2024.—
Susanne Rust,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Apr. 2025
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One of Trump’s conditions for supporting Ukraine’s independence and ending the war is to wangle an earth minerals deal out of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.—
Bob Kustra,
Chicago Tribune,
1 May 2025
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The disruption is real, especially for people caring for children or aging parents, those with long commutes and individuals with disabilities or chronic health conditions that require flexible work arrangements.—
John Gallucci Jr,
Forbes.com,
1 May 2025
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But that drop is just one indication of serious financial sickness at the EV maker, problems brought on by falling sales for the first time in its history and falling prices for electric vehicles.—
Chris Isidore,
CNN Money,
28 Apr. 2025
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Among them are loss, sickness and the perception of being a burden to others.—
Ashley Milne-Tyte,
NPR,
24 Apr. 2025
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“Disease.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disease. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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