Synonyms of 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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• illnesses
• ailments
• sicknesses
• ills
• conditions
• disorders
• fevers
• infections
• maladies
• bugs
• attacks
• complications
• infirmities
• ails
• distempers
• troubles
• plagues
• complaints
• distemperatures
• affections
• contagious diseases
• contagions
• weaknesses
• debilities
• epidemics
• malaises
• bouts
• spells
• pests
• pestilences
• matters
• decrepitudes
• contagia
• fits
• pips

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of diseases

Metabolic diseases may be around Wall Street, maybe asthma would be all around Washington Square. — Quanta Magazine, 12 Nov. 2026

Early on, with input from his team, Bancel decided to focus Moderna’s limited resources on rare diseases involving missing proteins, because seeing if the mRNA could replace them would be a relatively quicker process. — Time, 12 Nov. 2026

For example, one extensive review from 1999 couldn’t establish a casual relationship between connective tissue diseases or neurological disorders and silicone breast implants. — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 11 Nov. 2026

There have been periods when the human population declined because of wars or epidemics, such as the Black Death, in the fourteenth century, or the diseases brought by Europeans to the Americas in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. — Jesús Fernández-Villaverde, Foreign Affairs, 10 Nov. 2026

At the meeting, an international team of experts in epidemiology, public health, virology and other medical fields assess the status of these diseases in the Americas. — Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 10 Nov. 2026

On the earnings call, CEO Jason Hollar said the Pharma business benefited from strong unit demand for both generic medications and specialty therapeutics (treatments for cancer, as well as urological, kidney and autoimmune diseases). — Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2026

Meanwhile, children faced countless diseases like rickets, which prevents developing skeletons from adequately mineralizing. — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 5 Nov. 2026

Experts have long known that cardiometabolic diseases like type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and stroke are linked with a higher risk of dementia. — Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 4 Nov. 2026