What does disease mean?
Definitions for disease
dɪˈzizdis·ease
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Princeton's WordNet
diseasenoun
an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning
Wiktionary
diseasenoun
An abnormal condition of the body or mind that causes discomfort or dysfunction; distinct from injury insofar as the latter is usually instantaneously acquired.
The tomato plants had some kind of disease that left their leaves splotchy and fruit withered.
diseasenoun
Any abnormal or harmful condition, as of society, people's attitudes, way of living etc.
diseaseverb
To cause unease; to annoy, irritate.
diseaseverb
To infect with a disease.
Etymology: disese, from desese, from desaise (). Displaced native adle (from adl), cothe (from coþu).
Webster Dictionary
Diseasenoun
lack of ease; uneasiness; trouble; vexation; disquiet
Diseasenoun
an alteration in the state of the body or of some of its organs, interrupting or disturbing the performance of the vital functions, and causing or threatening pain and weakness; malady; affection; illness; sickness; disorder; -- applied figuratively to the mind, to the moral character and habits, to institutions, the state, etc
Diseaseverb
to deprive of ease; to disquiet; to trouble; to distress
Diseaseverb
to derange the vital functions of; to afflict with disease or sickness; to disorder; -- used almost exclusively in the participle diseased
Freebase
Disease
A disease is an abnormal condition that affects the body of an organism. It is often construed as a medical condition associated with specific symptoms and signs. It may be caused by factors originally from an external source, such as infectious disease, or it may be caused by internal dysfunctions, such as autoimmune diseases. In humans, "disease" is often used more broadly to refer to any condition that causes pain, dysfunction, distress, social problems, or death to the person afflicted, or similar problems for those in contact with the person. In this broader sense, it sometimes includes injuries, disabilities, disorders, syndromes, infections, isolated symptoms, deviant behaviors, and atypical variations of structure and function, while in other contexts and for other purposes these may be considered distinguishable categories. Diseases usually affect people not only physically, but also emotionally, as contracting and living with many diseases can alter one's perspective on life, and their personality. Death due to disease is called death by natural causes. There are four main types of disease: pathogenic disease, deficiency disease, hereditary disease, and physiological disease. Diseases can also be classified as communicable and non-communicable disease.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Disease
diz-ēz′, n. a disorder or want of health in mind or body: ailment: cause of pain.—v.t. (Spens.) to make uneasy.—p.adj. Diseased′, affected with disease.—n. Diseas′edness.—adj. Disease′ful. [O. Fr. desaise, des—L. dis, neg., aise, ease.]
U.S. National Library of Medicine
Disease
A definite pathologic process with a characteristic set of signs and symptoms. It may affect the whole body or any of its parts, and its etiology, pathology, and prognosis may be known or unknown.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of disease in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of disease in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of disease in a Sentence
We do not know if the variant by reducing fat sensitivity would increase or decrease fat intake so it is hard to make dietary recommendations at this point, regardless of genetic background, improving the diets of overweight or obese children is paramount in reducing the risk of obesity-associated complications such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease and hypertension.
If you were older -- you were at least 55 years of age -- or you had a history of cardiovascular disease or you had chronic kidney disease or diabetes, white coat hypertension was associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular events and mortality.
Our model can help decision-makers assess the likely impact (on zoonotic disease) of any interventions or change in national or international government policies, such as the conversion of grasslands to agricultural lands.
We don't know what the very long-term outcomes are going to be, this is a lifelong disease. Spina bifida is not something you fix with a single surgery.
Some anger is probably very normal for caregivers, but I think it’s a difficult emotion to express and, in particular, these caregivers of vets who had a war injury may feel even more guilty, that feeling may be inducing some of these chemical changes that may set them up for chronic inflammation and possibly chronic disease in the future.
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- siekteAfrikaans
- سقم, مرض, داء, مرArabic
- xəstəlikAzerbaijani
- хваробаBelarusian
- заболяване, болестBulgarian
- অসুখ, রোগBengali
- སྙུང་གཞི, ན་ཚTibetan Standard
- kleñvedBreton
- malaltiaCatalan, Valencian
- choroba, nemocCzech
- clefyd, afiechydWelsh
- sygdomDanish
- Infektionskrankheit, KrankheitGerman
- αρρώστια, νόσος, πάθηση, ασθένειαGreek
- enfermedadSpanish
- tõbi, haigusEstonian
- eritasunBasque
- مرض, بیماری, ناخوشیPersian
- tauti, sairausFinnish
- sjúkaFaroese
- maladieFrench
- galarIrish
- galar, tinneas, trioblaid, euslaintScottish Gaelic
- doenza, enfermidadeGalician
- מחלהHebrew
- व्याधि, रोगHindi
- kór, betegségHungarian
- հիվանդություն, ախտArmenian
- penyakitIndonesian
- maladesoIdo
- sjúkdómur, sýki, meinIcelandic
- malanno, disturbo, malattiaItalian
- 疾病, 病気, 疾患Japanese
- დაავადება, ავადმოყოფობა, სენიGeorgian
- кесел, ауруKazakh
- ជំងឺKhmer
- 질병, 疾病Korean
- نهخۆشیKurdish
- ооруKyrgyz
- morbus, infirmitasLatin
- ໂລກ, ພະຍາດLao
- susirgimas, ligaLithuanian
- liga, slimībaLatvian
- tahumaeroMāori
- болестMacedonian
- രോഗം, സുഖക്കേട്Malayalam
- өвчинMongolian
- penyakitMalay
- mardaMaltese
- ရောဂါBurmese
- sykdomNorwegian
- ziekteDutch
- sjukdomNorwegian
- ରୋଗOriya
- chorobaPolish
- doençaPortuguese
- maladie, boalăRomanian
- заболевание, немочь, нездоровье, болезнь, хворь, недугRussian
- रोगSanskrit
- болест, bȍlēst, зараза, zaraza, оболење, obolenjeSerbo-Croatian
- choroba, nemocSlovak
- bolezenSlovene
- sëmundjeAlbanian
- sjukdomSwedish
- ugonjwaSwahili
- வியாதி, நோய்Tamil
- వ్యాధి, రోగము, జబ్బుTelugu
- мараз, беморӣTajik
- โรคThai
- kesel, syrkawlyk, hassalykTurkmen
- sakitTagalog
- sayrılık, hastalıkTurkish
- хворобаUkrainian
- روگUrdu
- kasal, kasallik, xastalikUzbek
- bệnh, căn bệnhVietnamese
- maläd, näfätamalädVolapük
- קראנקייטYiddish
- 疾病Chinese
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