disease

Meaning

Noun

1. 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.
2. Any abnormal or harmful condition, as of society, people's attitudes, way of living etc.
3. Lack of ease; uneasiness; trouble; vexation; disquiet.

Verb

1. (obsolete) To cause unease; to annoy, irritate.
2. To infect with a disease.

Concepts

disease

illness

sickness

ailment

malady

disorder

pain

infirmity

distemper

epidemic

affliction

trouble

complaint

ill health

disability

pest

morbidity

demon of ill health

anthrax

ill

pathology

deformity

frailty

impairment

weakness

addiction

bad habit

nuisance

collapse

indisposition

gloom

sickness of the body

interior heat

disorder of the body

agony

ache

infestation

puniness

variola

affection

maladie

morbus

disease problems

swell

itch

discharge

animal disease

cattle disease

stomach ache

upset stomach

epilepsy

fainting fit

condition

blight

pestilence

plague

disaster

misfortune

mishap

syndrome

defect

congestion

consumption

ailments

gangosa

haze

steam

weather

having

health

healthy

mind

well

red

Hyphenated as

dis‧ease

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɪˈziːz/

Etymology

From Middle English disese, from Anglo-Norman desese, disaise, from Old French desaise, from des- + aise. Displaced native Middle English adle, audle (“disease”) (from Old English ādl (“disease, sickness”), see adle), Middle English cothe, coathe (“disease”) (from Old English coþu (“disease”), see coath). By surface analysis, dis- + ease.

Sentences

Weakness in the hands and forearms occurs in many people as the disease progresses .