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dis·ease

disease

 
 
pronunciation:
dih ziz
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part of speech: noun
definition 1: an abnormal physical or mental condition that causes an organism to function wrongly; illness; sickness.
He died of a rare disease of the lung.Influenza is a contagious disease.It can take months to recover from this disease.Doctors have found a new way to treat this disease.It is not known how he contracted the disease.
 
synonyms:
illness, malady, sickness
antonyms:
health
similar words:
affliction, ailment, bug, complaint, contagion, disability, disorder, idiopathy, ill, indisposition, infirmity, pandemic, pathology, pestilence, plague, trouble
definition 2: any condition, as of society, that is considered deranged, irrational, or abnormal.
These vicious crimes reflect the disease of our society.
synonyms:
malady
antonyms:
health
similar words:
abnormality, affliction, disorder, pestilence, plague
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