disease
21disease — [[t]dɪzi͟ːz[/t]] ♦♦ diseases 1) N VAR A disease is an illness which affects people, animals, or plants, for example one which is caused by bacteria or infection. ...the rapid spread of disease in the area. ...illnesses such as heart disease...… …
22disease — 1. noun /dɪˈziːz,dɪˈziz/ a) 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… …
23DISEASE — The study of Etruscan skeletal remains, in spite of the wide availability of ancient human remains, has been relatively neglected, so it is difficult to infer reliable evidence about the prevalence of disease. Studies of the Ferrone cemetery… …
24disease — Ma i. See ailment, sickness. ♦ Contagious disease, ma i lele, ma i laulā, ma i pālahalaha. ♦ Chronic disease, ōma ima i. ♦ Recurring disease, ma i kau. ♦ Fatal disease, pāmake. Various little understood ancient diseases or… …
25disease — Many kinds of disease are mentioned in the Bible but it is difficult to identify them by their modern names. The incidence of disease and the means of cure were highly important in biblical times, and its causes were sometimes ascribed to God as… …
26disease — [14] Disease and malaise are parallel formations: both denote etymologically an ‘impairment of ease or comfort’. Disease comes from Old French desaise, a compound formed from the prefix dis ‘not, lacking’ and aise ‘ease’, and in fact at first… …
27disease*/*/*/ — [dɪˈziːz] noun [C/U] an illness that affects people, animals, or plants liver/heart/lung disease[/ex] Studies have revealed that vegetarians suffer less from heart disease.[/ex] Smoking can cause fatal diseases.[/ex] diseased [dɪˈziːzd] adj …
28disease — Deviation from the healthy or normal condition of any of the functions or tissues of the body. An alteration in the state of the body or of some of its organs, interrupting or disturbing the performance of the vital functions, and causing or… …
29disease — Deviation from the healthy or normal condition of any of the functions or tissues of the body. An alteration in the state of the body or of some of its organs, interrupting or disturbing the performance of the vital functions, and causing or… …
30disease — [14] Disease and malaise are parallel formations: both denote etymologically an ‘impairment of ease or comfort’. Disease comes from Old French desaise, a compound formed from the prefix dis ‘not, lacking’ and aise ‘ease’, and in fact at first… …
