Thesaurus results for DISEASES

diseases

noun

plural of disease

as in illnesses

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 diseases Jennifer is still an American Kidney Fund Ambassador, and hopes that her and Kennus’ story helps other couples who are navigating kidney diseases. — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Sep. 2026 Other Health Conditions Health conditions, including several autoimmune diseases, can lead directly or indirectly to dry eye syndrome. — Nancy Lebrun, Verywell Health, 24 Sep. 2026 But growing cells of the latter region has remained a major challenge, greatly slowing down our efforts to study various diseases. — Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 24 Sep. 2026 Related Stories Each investigation leads Haruto to uncommon diseases concealed behind deaths that at first seem to defy explanation, and to the social problems that sit beneath them. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 24 Sep. 2026 The flip side of curing diseases is creating or advancing them to harm humanity. — Barbara Ortutay, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026 Beer also sees patients in his clinical practice in Oregon, and says 70% of cancer diagnoses and deaths are from diseases like pancreatic cancer, for which no screening exists. — Yuki Noguchi, NPR, 23 Sep. 2026 Although the study didn't achieve its goal for CLE, the company plans to continue developing the drug to treat other autoimmune diseases, including Graves' disease. — Scott Schnipper, CNBC, 23 Sep. 2026 The traditional list of vaccines was sufficient to protect the public, but requiring children to be given vaccines should be based on protecting them from childhood diseases. — Anne Gerwig, Sun Sentinel, 23 Sep. 2026

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Noun

People often talk about illnesses like cancer as intruders in the house.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 21 Sep. 2026
As a result, more people have now died of environmental illnesses that followed the September 11 attacks than perished during the collapse of the towers that day.

— Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of illnesses

Noun

And while children, the elderly and those with certain sicknesses or medications are most susceptible to heat illness – these temperatures affect everyone.

— Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 17 July 2026
At the end of the day, both doctors agree that hotel stays shouldn’t deter people from traveling altogether, since there are always ways to proactively minimize exposure and subsequent sicknesses.

— Joey Skladany, Travel + Leisure, 30 June 2026

Definition of sicknesses

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In this framework, the cure for the party’s ills can only come from inside the party, not from any external force.

— ANDREW MERTHA, Foreign Affairs, 17 Sep. 2026
Football cannot be expected to answer societal ills, but this is the sort of area in which the club’s foundation does its invaluable outreach work, a place touched by those statistics about deprivation and crime.

— Michael Walker, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of ills

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Thoughts of suicide can touch anyone, regardless of age, background or circumstance, and they’re often tied to mental health conditions that go unrecognized or untreated.

— Courtney Marx, Sun Sentinel, 20 Sep. 2026
Mercedes says Wagner will travel through around 30 countries on five continents while putting battery-electric truck technology through real-world conditions well beyond familiar European freight routes.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of conditions

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Doustdar said those remain Novo’s foundation, but that the company now wants to build out its portfolio around blood and endocrine disorders, liver disease, and cardiovascular disease.

— Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 21 Sep. 2026
That’s the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders — the authoritative handbook of mental disorders published by the American Psychiatric Association and used by mental health professionals in the United States.

— Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of disorders

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While most people infected with the virus do not develop symptoms, others can experience anything from fevers, headaches, vomiting, and more within two to six days after being bit.

— Emily McLeod, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026
Both were found to have respiratory issues and fevers of a hundred and one.

— Ruby Cramer, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026

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