disease
12 ENTRIES FOUND:
- disease (noun)
- Alzheimer's disease (noun)
- Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (noun)
- Dutch elm disease (noun)
- foot–and–mouth disease (noun)
- hoof–and–mouth disease (noun)
- Legionnaires' disease (noun)
- Lyme disease (noun)
- mad cow disease (noun)
- Parkinson's disease (noun)
- sexually transmitted disease (noun)
- venereal disease (noun)
plural
diseases
plural
diseases
Britannica Dictionary definition of DISEASE
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an illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
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a condition that prevents the body or mind from working normally
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infectious/contagious diseases
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He suffers from a rare genetic disease.
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a deadly/debilitating disease
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a disease of the mind/kidneys
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diseases of poultry
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Thousands die of heart disease each year.
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They are working to stop the spread of disease in rural areas.
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gum/liver disease
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a problem that a person, group, organization, or society has and cannot stop
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The article cites intolerance as one of the most dangerous of society's diseases.
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He sees crime as a disease that too often plagues the poor and disadvantaged.
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She removed the diseased tree limbs.
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diseased cells/lungs/plants
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a diseased mind
