disease
disease definition
dis·ease (di zēz′)
noun
- any departure from health; illness in general
- a particular destructive process in an organ or organism, with a specific cause and characteristic symptoms; specif., an illness; ailment
- any harmful or destructive condition, as of society
Etymology: ME disese, inconvenience, trouble, sickness < OFr desaise, discomfort < des-, dis- + aise, ease
Related Forms:
- diseased dis·eased′ adjective
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