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disease
English
Alternative forms
- (uneasiness): dis-ease
Etymology
From Middle English disese, from Anglo-Norman desese, disaise, from Old French desaise, from des- + aise. Equivalent to dis- +? ease. Displaced native Middle English adle, audle (“disease”) (from Old English ?dl (“disease, sickness”), see adle), Middle English cothe, coathe (“disease”) (from Old English coþu (“disease”), see coath).
Pronunciation
- enPR: d?-z?z? IPA(key): /d??zi?z/
- Rhymes: -i?z
Noun
disease (countable and uncountable, plural diseases)
- (pathology) 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.
- November 22, 1787, James Madison Jr., Federalist No. 10
- The instability, injustice, and confusion, introduced into the public councils, have, in truth, been the mortal diseases under which popular governments have every where perished; [...]
- November 22, 1787, James Madison Jr., Federalist No. 10
- (by extension) Any abnormal or harmful condition, as of society, people's attitudes, way of living etc.
- 1955, The Urantia Book, Paper 134:6.7
- War is not man's great and terrible disease; war is a symptom, a result. The real disease is the virus of national sovereignty.
- 1955, The Urantia Book, Paper 134:6.7
- Lack of ease; uneasiness; trouble; vexation; disquiet.
Synonyms
- See Thesaurus:disease
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
disease (third-person singular simple present diseases, present participle diseasing, simple past and past participle diseased)
- (obsolete) To cause unease; to annoy, irritate.
- To infect with a disease.
Anagrams
- Seaside, seaside
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trachoma
English
Etymology
New Latin, from Ancient Greek ??????? (trákh?ma, “roughness”), from ?????? (tr?khús, “rough”) +? -???
Noun
trachoma (plural trachomas or trachomata)
- (medicine) An infectious disease of the eyelid caused by the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis.
Synonyms
- (medicine): Egyptian ophthalmia, granular conjunctivitis
Hypernyms
- (medicine): chlamydiosis, keratoconjunctivitis
Derived terms
- trachomatous (adjective)
Translations
Anagrams
- achromat
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