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
Those in the higher-fit group generally developed diseases later and less often than those in the lower-fit groups.
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Sarah Garone, Health, 13 May 2026
Those different sites of infection might influence the speed of disease progression.
—Lauren J. Young, Scientific American, 13 May 2026
Recent wastewater data collected by Wastewater SCAN, an online service based at Stanford University that monitors municipal systems for diseases, found that parvovirus detection has increased throughout the region.
—Noe Padilla, USA Today, 13 May 2026
Cancer is personal for Pink, whose Vietnam War veteran father died of the disease in 2021.
—Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 May 2026
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Sarah Garone, Health, 13 May 2026
Those different sites of infection might influence the speed of disease progression.
—Lauren J. Young, Scientific American, 13 May 2026
Recent wastewater data collected by Wastewater SCAN, an online service based at Stanford University that monitors municipal systems for diseases, found that parvovirus detection has increased throughout the region.
—Noe Padilla, USA Today, 13 May 2026
Cancer is personal for Pink, whose Vietnam War veteran father died of the disease in 2021.
—Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disease
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Hantavirus is typically spread through contact with infected rodents and can lead to severe respiratory illness, though cases remain rare, according to the WHO.—
Brittany Miller,
FOXNews.com,
14 May 2026
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Bird flu, also known as highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), is caused by a virus that can result in serious illness and death in birds and mammals.—
Christopher Edwards,
PEOPLE,
14 May 2026
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Manager Tony Vitello shared that Webb was dealing with knee discomfort, but Webb didn’t use an ailment as an excuse for his performance.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
9 May 2026
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The Hornets were down to seven healthy players for the final stretch of games, including Williams with an assortment of ailments.—
Joe Davidson
May 7,
Sacbee.com,
7 May 2026
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The expectations, the hope is so high for that prescription to be the salve for their ills.—
Torie Bosch,
STAT,
25 Apr. 2026
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And this one guy at this one firm can't solve all of his industry's ills.—
Sam Yellowhorse Kesler,
NPR,
8 Apr. 2026
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In court Friday, Kazarian said her client suffered from an undiagnosed neurological disorder and may have experienced a seizure at the time of the collision.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
9 May 2026
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Schizoaffective disorder is a mental health condition that is marked by a mix of schizophrenia symptoms, such as hallucinations and delusions, and mood disorder symptoms, such as depression, mania and a milder form of mania called hypomania, per the Mayo Clinic.—
Angela Andaloro,
PEOPLE,
9 May 2026
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Symptoms start one to eight weeks after exposure and initially can include fatigue, fever and muscle aches, according to the CDC.—
Allison Kiehl,
Chicago Tribune,
9 May 2026
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Common symptoms of these disease include fever, aches and abdominal issues such as vomiting or diarrhea, according to the CDC.—
Hali Smith
May 8,
Idaho Statesman,
8 May 2026
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The order stranded them indefinitely, sometimes in life-threatening conditions.—
Annie Hylton,
New Yorker,
14 May 2026
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There are women who cannot carry pregnancies for a variety of reasons — genetic conditions, cancer and loss of uterus, for example.—
Ann Marie Luft,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 May 2026
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City officials did not immediately respond to a question Thursday afternoon about whether any bacterial sickness in humans had been reported.—
Caelyn Pender,
Mercury News,
30 Apr. 2026
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The turmoil within the Star Wars fandom, in Carano’s telling, is a microcosm of a broader sickness.—
Seth Abramovitch,
HollywoodReporter,
29 Apr. 2026
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“Disease.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disease. Accessed 15 May. 2026.
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