disease+(noun)

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• disease — ► NOUN ▪ a disorder of structure or function in a human, animal, or plant, especially one that produces specific symptoms. DERIVATIVES diseased adjective. ORIGIN Old French desaise lack of ease …   English terms dictionary

• disease — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ common ▪ obscure, rare ▪ dangerous, serious ▪ mild ▪ acute …   Collocations dictionary

• disease of the skin — noun a disease affecting the skin • Syn: ↑skin disease, ↑skin disorder • Hypernyms: ↑disease • Hyponyms: ↑acantholysis, ↑acanthosis, ↑acanthosis …   Useful english dictionary

• disease of the neuromuscular junction — noun a disease characterized by impairment of neuromuscular junctions • Hypernyms: ↑disease • Hyponyms: ↑myasthenia gravis, ↑myasthenia, ↑Lambert Eaton syndrome, ↑Eaton Lambert syndrome, ↑myasthenic syndrome, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• disease — I noun affliction, ailment, attack, bodily deviation from health, bout of sickness, breakdown, chronic disability, collapse, condition, contagion, defect, deterioration, disability, discomfort, disorder, distemper, epidemic, handicap, ill health …   Law dictionary

• disease — noun 1》 a disorder of structure or function in a human, animal, or plant, especially one that produces specific symptoms or that affects a specific participle 2》 a quality or disposition that adversely affects a person or group: the British… …   English new terms dictionary

• disease — noun 1. /dəˈziz / (say duh zeez) a morbid condition of the body, or of some organ or part; illness; sickness; ailment. 2. /dəˈziz / (say duh zeez) a similar disorder in plants. 3. /dəˈziz / (say duh zeez) any deranged or depraved condition, as of …  

• disease germ — noun : a minute organism (as a bacterium or virus) that causes disease …   Useful english dictionary

• disease rating — noun : a numerical expression of relative severity or incidence of a plant disease usually based on comparison of conditions observed with certain arbitrary standards (as sizes and frequency of lesions) of severity or incidence …   Useful english dictionary

• disease — noun Etymology: Middle English disese, from Anglo French desease, desaise, from des dis + eise ease Date: 14th century 1. obsolete trouble 2. a condition of the living animal or plant body or of one of its parts that impairs normal functioning… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• disease — noun herbal preparations to treat tropical diseases Syn: illness, sickness, ill health; infection, ailment, malady, disorder, complaint, affliction, condition, indisposition, upset, problem, trouble, infirmity, disability, defect, abnormality; …   Thesaurus of popular words