diseased

adjective

dis·​eased di-ˈzēzd 

: affected with or as if with a disease : lacking health or soundness : sickly

During a transplant, the surgeon removes the diseased lung (sometimes both) and transplants a lung or lungs from a donor.

—Elaine K. Howley

Pruning is critical to blueberry productivity. An annual pruning regimen is needed to remove old and diseased canes, encourage strong new canes and increase the harvest.

—Sequim (Washington) Gazette

He said he occasionally has had to put an animal down if it is diseased or severely injured, but often works with animal rehabilitators to rescue others when possible.

—Sarah Bowman

Sirois believes that the confession from Hernandez, who has since pleaded not guilty, was the product of a diseased mind. Defense lawyers claim he's mentally ill, hears voices, and has rock-bottom intelligence.

—Andrea Peyser

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Recent Examples on the Web

The healthy female organelles help form IVF embryos without the diseased mitochondria. —Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 13 May 2023

Drugs like amoxicillin, when applied as a paste, are successful at slowing and stopping the spread of lesions on diseased coral. —Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Apr. 2023

Banking diseased tissue can also help define disease origin in scenarios of relapse and predict treatment responses before suggesting a treatment regimen. —Salvatore Viscomi, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2023

The mini antibodies are also helping physicians detect cancers more readily, pinpointing diseased cells with more precision. —Christina Szalinski, Discover Magazine, 22 Feb. 2023

Doctors aren’t just suffering from burnout; they’re demoralized by America’s diseased health care system, Eric Reinhart argues. —Lauren Jackson, New York Times, 5 Feb. 2023

When pruning a diseased plant, be extra careful to sanitize your tools between plants so no pathogens are spread. —oregonlive, 7 May 2023

The need for a fourth vaccine dose before the winter is out could be debated by diseased experts, however, as data still shows current vaccine timelines are largely effective against serious illness. —Zee Krstic, Good Housekeeping, 19 Feb. 2022

Instead, Wells had gained renown for performing nearly 1,000 ovariotomies—a surgery to remove diseased ovaries. —Lorraine Boissoneault, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Nov. 2021

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Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above