disease

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural

diseases

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

present (v1)

disease

past (v2)

diseased

past participle (v3)

diseased

present participle

diseasing

3rd person singular

diseases

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

1. 1.An abnormal condition of a human, animal or plant 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 their fruit withered.
   • The exposed workers had some kind of disease that left their skin splotchy and their faces withered.
   • Conditions were horrendous aboard most British naval vessels at the time. Scurvy and other diseases ran rampant, killing more seamen each year than all other causes combined, including combat.

2. 2.Any abnormal or harmful condition, as of society, people's attitudes, way of living etc.

   • War is not man's great and terrible disease; war is a symptom, a result. The real disease is the virus of national sovereignty.

3. 3.A lack of ease; uneasiness; trouble; vexation; disquiet.

   • COVID-19 is the disease caused by the coronavirus.

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

1. 1.To infect with a disease.

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