disease

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From Old French desaise (dis- + ease).

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disease

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diseases

disease (plural diseases)

  1. (pathology) An abnormal condition of the body or mind that causes discomfort or dysfunction; distinct from injury insofar as the latter is usually instantaneously acquired.
    The tomato plants had some kind of disease that left their leaves splotchy and fruit withered.

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