English Explanatory Dictionary

disease

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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.
  2. Any abnormal or harmful condition, as of society, people's attitudes, way of living etc.
  3. A lack of ease; uneasiness; trouble; vexation; disquiet.
verb
  1. To cause unease; to annoy, irritate.
  2. To infect with a disease.

Pronunciation

dĭ-zēzʹ /dɪˈziːz/ /dɪˈziz/ /dəˈziz/ En-us-disease.ogg [dɪˈzɪi̯z] /dəˈziːz/

Word forms

disease diseases dis-ease diseasing diseased

Etymology

From Middle English disese, from Anglo-Norman desese, disaise, from Old French desaise, from des- + aise. Displaced native Middle English adle, audle (“disease”) (from Old English ādl (“disease, sickness”), see adle), Middle English cothe, coathe (“disease”) (from Old English coþu (“disease”), see coath). By surface analysis, dis- + ease.

Synonyms

affliction ailment coath complaint disease disorder egritude ill health illness indisposition sickness trouble malady morbus rot

Antonyms

haleness health healthiness heartiness healthfulness wellness

Related words

symptom pain diseased injury defect :Category:Diseases :Category:Pathology

Derived words

Aleutian disease Appalachian Mountain disease Borna disease Borna disease virus Bourneville's disease British disease California disease Central Mississippi River Valley disease Deutschländer's disease Dutch disease Dutch elm disease English disease French disease Guinea worm disease Keshan disease Mediterranean disease Mediterranean-hemoglobin E disease Newcastle disease Newcastle Disease Virus Lyme disease Ockelbo disease Ohio Valley disease Addison's disease Alzheimer's disease Andersen disease Arkin's disease Aujeszky's disease Baló's disease Bamberger-Marie disease Bang's disease Banti's disease Barcoo disease Basedow's disease Benson's disease Besnier-Boeck disease Besnier-Boeck-Schaumann disease Blount's disease Bright's disease Buerger's disease Calvé's disease Canavan disease Canavan-Van Bogaert-Bertrand disease Caroli disease Carrion's disease central core disease Chagas' disease Charcot's disease Charcot disease Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease Charlevoix disease Christmas disease citrus greening disease Clarkson's disease Cowden's disease Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease Crohn's disease Cruveilhier-Baumgarten disease Curschmann-Steinert disease Darier's disease Darling's disease
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