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dis·ease
(dĭ-zēz′)n.
1. An abnormal condition of a part, organ, or system of an organism resulting from various causes, such as infection, inflammation, environmental factors, or genetic defect, and characterized by an identifiable group of signs, symptoms, or both.
2. A condition or tendency, as of society, regarded as abnormal and harmful.
3. Obsolete Lack of ease; trouble.
[Middle English disese, from Old French : des-, dis- + aise, ease; see ease.]
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disease
(dɪˈziːz)n
1. (Pathology) any impairment of normal physiological function affecting all or part of an organism, esp a specific pathological change caused by infection, stress, etc, producing characteristic symptoms; illness or sickness in general
2. (Plant Pathology) a corresponding condition in plants
3. any situation or condition likened to this: the disease of materialism.
[C14: from Old French desaise; see dis-1, ease]
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dis•ease
(dɪˈziz)n.
1. a disordered or abnormal condition of an organ or other part of an organism resulting from the effect of genetic or developmental errors, infection, nutritional deficiency, toxicity, or unfavorable environmental factors; illness; sickness.
2. any harmful condition, as of society.
[1300–50; Middle English disese < Anglo-French dese(a)se, disaise]
dis•eased′, adj.
dis•eas′ed•ly, adv.
dis•eas′ed•ness, n.
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illness
– disease1. 'illness'
If you have an illness, there is something wrong with your health. An illness can last for a long time or a short time, and its effects can be serious or not serious.
The doctor thought that Bae's illness was caused by stress.
You can use the adjectives long and short in front of illness, but not in front of disease.
He died last month after a long illness.
2. 'disease'
A disease is a particular kind of illness caused by bacteria or an infection. Diseases can often be passed from one person to another.
Glaucoma is an eye disease.
Children should be immunised against dangerous diseases.
Animals and plants can also have diseases, but not illnesses.
Scrapie is a disease that affects sheep.
The trees were killed by Dutch Elm disease.
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| Noun | 1. |  disease - an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioningillness, sickness, unwellness, malady - impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism disease of the neuromuscular junction - a disease characterized by impairment of neuromuscular junctions aspergillosis - disease especially in agricultural workers caused by inhalation of Aspergillus spores causing lumps in skin and ears and respiratory organs anthrax - a disease of humans that is not communicable; caused by infection with Bacillus anthracis followed by septicemia blackwater - any of several human or animal diseases characterized by dark urine resulting from rapid breakdown of red blood cells cat scratch disease - a disease thought to be transmitted to humans by a scratch from a cat complication - any disease or disorder that occurs during the course of (or because of) another disease; "bed sores are a common complication in cases of paralysis" crud - an ill-defined bodily ailment; "he said he had the crud and needed a doctor" endemic, endemic disease - a disease that is constantly present to a greater or lesser degree in people of a certain class or in people living in a particular location enteropathy - a disease of the intestinal tract incompetence - inability of a part or organ to function properly Kawasaki disease, mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome - an acute disease of young children characterized by a rash and swollen lymph nodes and fever; of unknown cause boutonneuse fever, Indian tick fever, Kenya fever, Marseilles fever - a disease (common in India and around the Mediterranean area) caused by a rickettsia that is transmitted to humans by a reddish brown tick (ixodid) that lives on dogs and other mammals Meniere's disease - a disease of the inner ear characterized by episodes of dizziness and tinnitus and progressive hearing loss (usually unilateral) milk sickness - caused by consuming milk from cattle suffering from trembles mimesis - any disease that shows symptoms characteristic of another disease industrial disease, occupational disease - disease or disability resulting from conditions of employment (usually from long exposure to a noxious substance or from continuous repetition of certain acts) onychosis - any disease or disorder of the nails rheumatism - any painful disorder of the joints or muscles or connective tissues periarteritis nodosa, polyarteritis nodosa - a progressive disease of connective tissue that is characterized by nodules along arteries; nodules may block the artery and result in inadequate circulation to the particular area periodontal disease, periodontitis - a disease that attacks the gum and bone and around the teeth liver disease - a disease affecting the liver communicable disease - a disease that can be communicated from one person to another exanthema subitum, pseudorubella, roseola infantilis, roseola infantum - a viral disease of infants and young children; characterized by abrupt high fever and mild sore throat; a few days later there is a faint pinkish rash that lasts for a few hours to a few days respiratory disease, respiratory disorder, respiratory illness - a disease affecting the respiratory system congenital disease, genetic abnormality, genetic defect, genetic disease, genetic disorder, hereditary condition, hereditary disease, inherited disease, inherited disorder - a disease or disorder that is inherited genetically inflammatory disease - a disease characterized by inflammation autoimmune disease, autoimmune disorder - any of a large group of diseases characterized by abnormal functioning of the immune system that causes your immune system to produce antibodies against your own tissues deficiency disease - any disease caused by a lack of an essential nutrient (as a vitamin or mineral) cystic breast disease, cystic mastitis, fibrocystic breast disease, fibrocystic disease of the breast - the presence of one or more cysts in a breast goiter, goitre, struma, thyromegaly - abnormally enlarged thyroid gland; can result from underproduction or overproduction of hormone or from a deficiency of iodine in the diet pappataci fever, phlebotomus, sandfly fever - a mild viral disease transmitted by the bite of the sand fly Phlebotomus papatasii |
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disease
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Diseases
Human diseases absinthism, acariasis, acne, acromegaly, actinodermatitis, actinomycosis, Addison's disease, adrenoleukodystrophy or ALD, aeroneurosis, agranulocytosis, ague, Aids or AIDS, alcoholism, Alzheimer's disease, amoebiasis, ancylostomiasis, anchylostomiasis, or ankylostomiasis, angina, anorexia or anorexia nervosa, anthracosis, anthrax, aortitis, appendicitis, apraxia, arteriosclerosis, arthritis, asbestosis, ascariasis, asthma, atherosclerosis, athlete's foot, avitaminosis, Bell's palsy, beriberi, bilharzia, bilharziasis or bilharziosis, Black Death, black measles, blackwater fever, Bornholm disease, Bright's disease, bronchiolitis, bronchitis, bronchopneumonia, brucellosis, bubonic plague, bulimia or bulimia nervosa, Burkitt lymphoma or Burkitt's lymphoma, bursitis, byssinosis, calenture, cancer, cardiomyopathy, carditis, caries, carpal tunnel syndrome, cellulitis, cerebellar syndrome, Chagas' disease, chickenpox, chin cough, chloracne, chlorosis, cholera, chorea, Christmas disease, chronic fatigue syndrome or CFS, cirrhosis, coal miner's lung, coccidioidomycosis, coeliac disease, cold, colitis, common cold, conjunctivitis, constipation, consumption, cor pulmonale, coxalgia, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, Crohn's disease, Cushing's disease, cystic fibrosis, cystitis, dead fingers, decompression sickness, dengue, dermatitis, dhobi itch, diabetes, diarrhoea, diphtheria, diverticulitis, double pneumonia, dropsy, dysentery, earache, ebola virus disease, Economo's disease, eczema, elephantiasis, emphysema, encephalitis, encephalomyelitis, encephalopathy, endocarditis, enteritis, enterobiasis, enterocolitis, epilepsy, ergotism, erysipelas, erythroblastosis, exophthalmic goitre, farmer's lung, favus, fibrositis, filariasis, fishskin disease, flu, framboesia, furunculosis, gastritis, gastroenteritis, genital herpes, German measles, gingivitis, glandular fever, glaucoma, glomerulonephritis, glossitis, glue ear, goitre, gonorrhoea, gout, grand mal, green monkey disease, greensickness, haemoglobinopathy, haemophilia, Hansen's disease, hebephrenia, hepatitis, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, herpes, herpes simplex, herpes zoster, hidrosis, histoplasmosis, Hodgkin's disease, Huntington's chorea, hypothermia, hypothyroidism, ichthyosis, icterus, impetigo, infectious hepatitis, infectious mononucleosis, influenza, iritis, jaundice, jungle fever, kala-azar, Kaposi's sarcoma, Kawasaki's disease, Korsakoff's psychosis, kuru, labyrinthitis, laryngitis, Lassa fever, lathyrism, legionnaire's disease, leishmaniasis or leishmaniosis, leprosy, leptospirosis, leukaemia, listeriosis, lockjaw, lumbago, lupus, lupus erythematosus, lupus vulgaris, Lyme disease, lymphoma, malaria, Marburg disease, mastitis, measles, Ménière's syndrome, meningitis, milk sickness, motor neurone disease, multiple sclerosis, mumps, muscular dystrophy, myalgic encephalomyelitis or ME, myasthenia gravis, myiasis, myopathy, myxoedema, narcolepsy, necrotising fasciitis, nephritis, nephrosis, neuropathy, non-A, non-B hepatitis, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, onchocerciasis, ornithosis, osteitis, osteitis deformans, osteoarthritis, osteomalacia, osteomyelitis, osteoporosis, otitis, Paget's disease, paratyphoid fever, Parkinson's disease, pellagra, pelvic inflammatory disease, pemphigus, pericarditis, petit mal, pharyngitis, phlebitis, phthisis, pinta, pityriasis, pleurisy, pleuropneumonia, pneumoconiosis, pneumonia, poliomyelitis or polio, polycythaemia, porphyria, Pott's disease, pox, presenile dementia, prurigo, psittacosis, psoriasis, purpura, pyorrhoea, Q fever, quinsy, rabies, radiation sickness, ratbite fever or ratbite disease, Raynaud's disease, relapsing fever, retinitis, Reye's syndrome, rheumatic fever, rheumatoid arthritis, rhinitis, rickets, rickettsial disease, ringworm, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, rubella, Saint Vitus's dance, salmonella or salmonellosis, salpingitis, sapraemia, sarcomatosis, scabies, scarlet fever or scarlatina, schistosomiasis, schizophrenia, schizothymia, sciatica, scleroderma, sclerodermia, or scleriasis, scrofula, scrub typhus, scurvy, seasonal affective disorder, seborrhoea, senile dementia, septicaemia, serpigo, serum sickness, shell shock, shingles, sickle-cell anaemia, siderosis, silicosis, sinusitis, sleeping sickness, smallpox, spina bifida, spirochaetosis, splenitis, splenomegaly, spondylitis, spotted fever, sprue, stomatitis, strongyloidiasis or strongyloidosis, sunstroke, sweating sickness, swinepox, sycosis, Sydenham's chorea, synovitis, syphilis, syringomyelia, tarantism, Tay-Sachs disease, tetanus, thalassaemia, thrush, tick fever, tinea, tonsillitis, Tourette syndrome, toxic shock syndrome, trachoma, trench fever, trench mouth, trichinosis, trypanosomiasis, tsutsugamushi disease, tuberculosis, typhoid fever, typhus, uncinariasis, uraemia, urethritis, urticaria, utriculitis, uveitis, vaginitis, vagotonia, valvulitis, varicosis, variola, varioloid, venereal disease, Vincent's angina or Vincent's disease, vulvitis, vulvovaginitis, Weil's disease, whooping cough, yaws, yellow fever
Animal diseases actinomycosis or (nontechnical) lumpy jaw, anbury, anthrax, blackleg, bots, braxy, brucellosis or undulant fever, BSE (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) or (informal) mad cow disease, bull nose, bush sickness (N.Z.), canker, cowpox, distemper, dourine, foot-and-mouth disease or hoof-and-mouth disease, fowl pest, furunculosis, gallsickness or anaplasmosis, gapes, gid, glanders, grapes, hard pad, heaves or broken wind, laminitis or founder, lampas or lampers, loco disease, Lyme disease, malanders, mallanders, or mallenders, Marburg disease or green monkey disease, milk fever, moon blindness or mooneye, murrain, myxomatosis, nagana, Newcastle disease or fowl pest, ornithosis, pinkeye, pip, pityriasis, psittacosis, pullorum disease or bacillary white diarrhoea, quarter crack, quittor, red water, rinderpest, ringbone, roaring, rot, roup, sand crack, scab, scrapie, scratches, seedy toe, sheep measles, sitfast, spavin, staggers, blind staggers, or megrims, strangles or equine distemper, stringhalt or springhalt, surra, swamp fever or equine infectious anaemia, sweating sickness, sweeny, swine fever or (U.S.) hog cholera, swinepox or variola porcina, swine vesicular disease, Texas fever, thoroughpin, thrush, toe crack, trembles or milk sickness, warble, whistling, windgall
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disease
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Translations
болест
malaltia
nemocchorobanákaza
sygdom
sairaustauti
bolest
betegségkór
sjúkdómursýkimein
病気
병질병
infirmitasmorbus
liga
slimība
രോഗംസുഖക്കേട്
boală
bolezen
bolest
sjukdom
โรค
bệnh
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disease
[dɪˈziːz] nCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
disease
n (lit, fig) → Krankheit f
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disease
(diˈziːz) noun (an) illness. She's suffering from kidney disease; poverty and disease.
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disease
→ مَرَض nemoc sygdom Krankheit ασθένεια enfermedad sairaus maladie bolest malattia 病気 병 ziekte sykdom choroba doença болезнь sjukdom โรค hastalık bệnh 疾病Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
dis·ease
n. enfermedad, dolencia, anomalía; indisposición;
a crippling ___ → ___ que causa invalidez;
blood ___ → ___ sanguínea;
bone ___ → ___ ósea;
cardiac ___ → ___ cardíaca;
chronic obstructive pulmonary ___ → ___ pulmonar crónica obstructiva;
coal miner's ___ → ___ de los mineros;
communicable ___ → ___ contagiosa;
communicable ___ control → control de ___ -es contagiosas;
companion ___ → ___ concomitante;
functional ___ → ___ funcional;
gallbladder ___ → colecistopatía;
heavy chain ___ → ___ de red o de cadena;
kidney ___ → nefropatía;
liver ___ → ___ hepática, renal;
venereal ___ → ___ venérea;
v. causar una enfermedad, contagiar, enfermar, dañar, hacer daño.
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disease
n enfermedad f, mal m; Addison’s —* enfermedad de Addison; alcoholic liver — enfermedad hepática alcohólica; Alzheimer’s — enfermedad de Alzheimer; benign breast — enfermedad mamaria benigna, enfermedad fibroquística de la mama; black lung — enfermedad del pulmón negro; calcium pyrophosphate deposition — enfermedad por deposición de pirofosfatos de calcio; cat-scratch — enfermedad por arañazo de gato; celiac — enfermedad celíaca or celiaca, celiaquía; Chagas — enfermedad de Chagas; chronic obstructive pulmonary — (COPD) enfermedad pulmonar obstructiva crónica (EPOC); connective tissue — enfermedad del tejido conectivo or conjuntivo; coronary artery — enfermedad coronaria; Creutzfeldt-Jakob — enfermedad de Creutzfeldt-Jakob; Crohn’s — enfermedad de Crohn; Cushing’s —* enfermedad de Cushing; degenerative joint — artrosis f, enfermedad articular degenerativa; diverticular — enfermedad diverticular; fatty liver — enfermedad de hígado graso; fibrocystic breast — enfermedad fibroquística de la mama, enfermedad mamaria benigna; fifth — eritema infeccioso, quinta enfermedad; gastroesophageal reflux — (GERD) enfermedad por reflujo gastroesofágico (ERGE); Gaucher’s —* enfermedad de Gaucher; graft-versus-host — enfermedad de injerto contra el huésped; Graves’ —* enfermedad de Graves; hand, foot, and mouth — enfermedad mano-pie-boca; Hansen’s — enfermedad de Hansen, lepra; heart — enfermedad cardíaca or del corazón; Hirschsprung’s —* enfermedad de Hirschsprung; HIV — enfermedad del or por VIH; Hodgkin’s —* (ant) enfermedad or linfoma m de Hodgkin; Huntington’s — enfermedad de Huntington; hyaline membrane — enfermedad de membrana hialina; infectious — enfermedad infecciosa; inflammatory bowel — enfermedad inflamatoria intestinal; interstitial lung — enfermedad intersticial pulmonar; Kawasaki — enfermedad de Kawasaki; kidney — enfermedad renal (form), enfermedad del riñón; Legionnaires’ — legionelosis f liver — enfermedad hepática (form), enfermedad del hígado; Lyme — enfermedad de Lyme; mad cow — (fam) encefalopatía espongiforme bovina, enfermedad de las vacas locas (fam); Ménière’s — enfermedad f de Ménière; minimal change — enfermedad de cambios mínimos; mixed connective tissue — enfermedad mixta del tejido conectivo or conjuntivo; motor neuron — enfermedad de neurona motora; myeloproliferative — enfermedad mieloproliferativa; non-alcoholic fatty liver — enfermedad hepática grasa no alcohólica; Osler-Weber-Rendu — enfermedad de Rendu-Osler-Weber; Osgood-Schlatter — enfermedad de Osgood-Schlatter; Paget’s — (of bone) enfermedad (ósea) de Paget; Paget’s — (of breast) enfermedad de Paget (mamaria); Parkinson’s —* enfermedad de Parkinson; pelvic inflammatory — (PID) enfermedad inflamatoria pélvica; peripheral vascular — enfermedad vascular periférica; polycystic kidney — poliquistosis f renal; Pott’s —* mal m de Pott; Raynaud’s — enfermedad de Raynaud; rheumatic heart — cardiopatía reumática; sexually transmitted — (STD) enfermedad de transmisión sexual (ETS); sickle cell — enfermedad de células falciformes, enfermedad drepanocítica (esp. Esp); venereal — (VD) (ant) enfermedad de transmisión sexual (ETS), enfermedad venérea (ant); von Willebrand — enfermedad de von Willebrand; Whipple’s — enfermedad de Whipple; Wilson’s —* enfermedad de Wilson* The non-possesive form is also used, especially in the medical literature: Addison disease, Cushing disease, etc.
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