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disease

noun
/dɪˈziːz/UK/dɪˈziz/US/dɪˈziːz/

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.

  1. derived from desaise
  2. derived from desese
  3. derived from disese

Definitions

  1. An abnormal condition of a human, animal or plant that causes discomfort or dysfunction

    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.
    • […] diſeaſes deſperate growne, By deſperate appliance are releeued, Or not at all.

  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. A lack of ease

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

    • To ſhield thee from diſeaſes of the world, […]
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. To cause unease

      To cause unease; to annoy, irritate.

      • Whyll he yett ſpeake there cam won from the rulers off the ſynagogis houſſe which ſayde to hym: Thy doughter is deed diſeaſe not the maſter.
      • […]mote he ſoft himſelfe appeaſe, And fairely fare on foot, how euer loth; His double burden did him ſore diſeaſe.

    2. To infect with a disease.

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Derived

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

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for disease. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA