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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Noun
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Besides being nuisances, many types carry diseases including West Nile virus, encephalitis, and canine heartworm.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
11 May 2025 -
However, in the 1950s, Panama disease — caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense Tropical Race 1 — began ravaging across Gros Michel farms in Costa Rica, Panama and beyond.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
10 May 2025
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The Twins got there by beating the San Francisco Giants 2-1 on Saturday night at Target Field, getting a strong performance from Joe Ryan — who dealt with a violent illness earlier this week.—
Betsy Helfand,
Twin Cities,
11 May 2025
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His ultimate goal: save tens of millions of lives, especially those of women and children suffering from HIV, malaria and other deadly illnesses.—
Jennifer Earl,
CBS News,
9 May 2025
Noun
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The North American run of the tour, which kicked off last April, was plagued with several cancellations and postponements due to the singer suffering various ailments.—
Althea Legaspi,
Rolling Stone,
27 Apr. 2025
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Francis died Monday at 88 years old following a life-threatening battle with respiratory ailments.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA Today,
26 Apr. 2025
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Our evaluation across essential metrics—Growth, Profitability, Financial Stability, and Downturn Resilience—shows that Johnson & Johnson exhibits robust operational performance and a strong financial condition, as detailed below.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
13 May 2025
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In that way, her dress is always a significant part of Addy’s story, a story that, while fictional, represents the stories of many African Americans born into slavery, who refused to accept that condition.—
Jaha Nailah Avery,
Essence,
13 May 2025
Noun
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On one level, this flurry of proposals to ills that have been festering in California and domestically for years is more posturing than problem solving.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
5 May 2025
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Protectionists presented tariffs as the essential policy to quicken the development of manufactures as well as a remedy to the social ills that afflicted the emerging industrial working class.—
Made by History,
Time,
28 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Symptoms of measles include a fever, rash, cough, fatigue, runny nose and red eyes.—
Antonio Pequeño IV,
Forbes.com,
9 May 2025
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Slowly the night dragged on as my thoughts, aches, and fever kept me company.—
Cyril E. Holland,
Outdoor Life,
8 May 2025
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“Distemperature.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/distemperature. Accessed 18 May. 2025.
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