diseases

Noun

disease (countable and uncountable, plural diseases)

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.
   • The tomato plants had some kind of disease that left their leaves splotchy and their fruit withered.

   Synonyms:

   disorder, illness, sickness, ailment, malady

   Antonyms:

   health, healthiness, healthfulness, wellness

2. (figuratively) 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.1955, The Urantia Book, Paper 134:6.7
3. A lack of ease; uneasiness; trouble; vexation; disquiet.
   • To ſhield thee from diſeaſes of the world, […]c. 1603–1606 (date written), [William Shakespeare], […] His True Chronicle Historie of the Life and Death of King Lear and His Three Daughters. […] (First Quarto), London: […] Nathaniel Butter, […]...

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