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 Regularly cleaning and sanitizing your gardening tools will help prevent the spread of plant diseases. — The Spruce, 20 Aug. 2026 West Nile virus is the most common of the diseases transmitted to humans by infected mosquitoes. — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026 Side effects were similar to other vaccines that people typically get for other diseases, Healy noted. — Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 19 Aug. 2026 Pharmaceutical companies will be looking for changes at the agency, too, after rejections or reversals of biotech drugs intended for rare diseases. — Matthew Perrone, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2026 Pharmaceutical companies will also be looking for changes at the agency, following rejections or reversals of biotech drugs intended for rare diseases. — Ali Swenson, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2026 Splitting up and spreading out childhood vaccines would be a seismic shift for families and a complicated, costly pursuit for the country that would only leave more people vulnerable to preventable diseases. — Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026 PeruVenezuelaBrazilColombiaChile 5 of 11 Trump signed an executive order that recommends immunizing children against 11 diseases. — New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026 Smallpox, which was eradicated in 1980 and no longer naturally circulates, was once one of the world's deadliest diseases. — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 13 Aug. 2026

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Noun

Khanna said medical costs remain a major source of financial insecurity, particularly for Americans diagnosed with serious illnesses.

— Kiara Moore, The Washington Examiner, 16 Aug. 2026
Such interviews revealed that 95 percent had eaten at a Mexican-style restaurant like Chipotle Mexican Grill and QDOBA before their illnesses.

— Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of illnesses

Noun

Typically, those ailments — think flu and respiratory syncytial virus — spike in the winter, and aren’t really seen outside of that season.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026
Medics treat heat stroke and other ailments from trailers while an announcer calls out an endless stream of names of people separated from their families.

— Jane Arraf, NPR, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of ailments

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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Alex Pantling/Getty Images What is clear is that no one thinks the changes enacted in either the Championship or League One are a resolution to the EFL’s marked financial ills.

— Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026
Blaming billionaire wealth-hoarding for America’s ills would poll very well among the nation’s anthropology departments.

— Gilad Edelman, The Atlantic, 19 July 2026

Definition of ills

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Iran’s economy was in a dire state before the war too, with poor economic conditions a key driving factor behind the anti-regime demonstrations which kicked off in the Iranian capital city Tehran in 2025.

— Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 17 Aug. 2026
The combination of volcanic activity and sudden weather changes can make conditions on the mountain particularly hazardous.

— Anna Matranga, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of conditions

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Speaking to the Guardian, Florida State University marine biologist Dean Grubbs noted that large fevers of cownose rays historically only went as far as the Chesapeake Bay, with just a few individuals observed farther north.

— Sanidhya Sharma, Scientific American, 12 Aug. 2026
Still's disease, a rare type of inflammatory arthritis that can cause rashes, debilitating pain, and fevers.

— Rachana Pradhan, NPR, 20 July 2026

Definition of fevers

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