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distemperature

noun

di-ˈstem-p(ə-)rə-ˌchu̇r How to pronounce distemperature (audio)
Definition of distemperaturenext
as in disease
an abnormal state that disrupts a plant's or animal's normal bodily functioning a guinea pig with some sort of distemperature

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  1. disease
  2. illness
  3. ailment
  4. condition
  5. ill
  6. fever
Noun
  • The layer plays a vital role in absorbing the sun’s ultraviolet radiation, which can cause diseases such as skin cancer.
    — Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Introducing a fish foreign to the region could bring diseases into the water.
    — John Donegan LONG BEACH POST, Arkansas Online, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of disease
Noun
  • The initiative aims to bring positivity and hope to children battling critical illnesses.
    — Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Violations marked as priority contribute directly to the elimination, prevention or reduction in the hazards associated with foodborne illness.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of illness
Noun
  • Delane injured his shoulder while being tackled on the interception, an ailment that cost him time in training camp.
    — Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 15 Sep. 2026
  • By April 4, he’d been placed on the 15-day IL with left hip inflammation, an ailment that later required a move to the 60-day IL in May.
    — Johnny Flores Jr, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2026
Definition of ailment
Noun
  • The outbreak in eastern Congo is spreading under extremely difficult conditions, fueled by insecurity, displacement, a health workers' strike and intense population movements.
    — JEAN-YVES KAMALE, Arkansas Online, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Israel robs children of their smallest joys because joy is the seed of hope, and that is how the body learns that captivity is not the natural condition of life.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of condition
Noun
  • Manny Navarro North Carolina Bobby Petrino has fixed all the offensive ills.
    — The Athletic College Football Staff, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • But unlike Transcription or George Saunders’s Vigil, the year’s other novel about a rich old man on his way to the underworld, this book doesn’t try to diagnose our collective ills.
    — Emma Alpern, Vulture, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of ill
Noun
  • Measles symptoms typically appear within one to two weeks and can include a high fever, a cough, runny nose and red eyes, white dots inside the mouth and a rash that starts on the face and spreads down the body, health officials said.
    — Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Healthy people infected with salmonella often experience fever, bloody diarrhea, nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain, according to the federal health agency.
    — Julia Hawkins, Idaho Statesman, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of fever
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“Distemperature.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/distemperature. Accessed 17 Sep. 2026.

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