Disease

Quick meaning: Disease is a noun meaning (figuratively) Any abnormal or harmful condition, as of society, people's attitudes, way of living etc.

Meaning

(figuratively) Any abnormal or harmful condition, as of society, people's attitudes, way of living etc.

More Meanings

1. A lack of ease; uneasiness; trouble; vexation; disquiet.
2. To infect with a disease.
3. (medicine) An abnormal condition of a human, animal or plant that causes discomfort or dysfunction; distinct from injury insofar as the latter is usually instantaneously acquired.
4. (obsolete) To cause unease; to annoy, irritate.

Example Sentences

[…] diſeaſes deſperate growne, By deſperate appliance are releeued, Or not at all.

The tomato plants had some kind of disease that left their leaves splotchy and their fruit withered.

The exposed workers had some kind of disease that left their skin splotchy and their faces withered.

War is not man's great and terrible disease; war is a symptom, a result. The real disease is the virus of national sovereignty.

Word Forms

• diseases
• dis-ease
• diseasing
• diseased

Synonyms for disease

Depending on context, synonyms include affliction, ailment, coath, complaint, disorder, egritude.

Antonyms for disease

Common opposites include haleness, health, healthiness, heartiness, healthfulness, wellness.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include pathological, pathologic, syndrome, diagnosis, fever, pathology.

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