DISTEMPERATURES Synonyms: 35 Similar Words

distemperatures

noun

plural of distemperature

as in diseases

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

Blood tests and biopsies are typically used to study immune biomarkers for skin diseases like psoriasis and vitiligo.

— Erica Sweeney, Time, 15 Oct. 2026
Vaccines have been so successful that many of today’s parents and many young pediatricians have never seen what these diseases can do.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of diseases

Noun

Medical schools employ people to portray patients with specific symptoms, emotional reactions and medical histories, giving students a chance to practice everything from diagnosing illnesses to delivering difficult news.

— Daniel Hunt, Sacbee.com, 18 Oct. 2026
There were many individuals who appeared before me who had chronic illnesses.

— Annie Nova, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of illnesses

Noun

But by the first week of September, the Dodgers could no longer argue that his poor performance wasn’t necessarily connected to his ailments.

— Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026
Symptoms of lung cancer can include coughing, shortness of breath, overwhelming fatigue and pain in the back, chest or shoulder, which could be confused for other ailments.

— Estelamari Rodriguez, The Conversation, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of ailments

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Space Launch Delta 45’s weather squadron forecasts only a 55% chance for good conditions at the launch site as well as listing a moderate-to-high chance of bad conditions for the rocket booster recovery attempt downrange.

— Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Oct. 2026
The protests, fueled in part by anger over rising living costs, school conditions and public services, erupted into violence Saturday.

— Sophia Compton, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of conditions

Noun

Medications like acetaminophen and ibuprofen can safely reduce body temperature, though acetaminophen is usually the better choice for fevers.

— Andee Tagle, NPR, 15 Oct. 2026
The high fevers brought on by listeria can cause miscarriages and stillbirths in pregnant women who are infected.

— David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of fevers

Noun

Now, in The Social Reckoning, Sorkin focuses on the ills of the company Facebook eventually became.

— Eliana Dockterman, Time, 7 Oct. 2026
The game’s maker, Paolo Pedercini, has long diagnosed the ills of modern capitalism through countercultural video games like Phone Story (2011), which depicted the exploitative supply chain of a smartphone.

— Lewis Gordon, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2026

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