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How to use diseased in a sentence

21 example sentences · adjective

Diseased means affected with or suffering from disease. Example: “They have consistently included radiological images and histological slides alongside macroscopic images of diseased remains.”

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  • They have consistently included radiological images and histological slides alongside macroscopic images of diseased remains.2023, Simon Mays, “The Macroscopic Study of Human Skeletal Paleopathology” (chapter 2), in The Routledge Handbook of Paleopathology…. From the entry histological
  • A diseased condition of the skin has often been mistaken for stigmatic marks.1978, Benjamin Walker, Encyclopedia of Metaphysical Medicine, Routledge, page 273. From the entry ecchymosis
  • And there was Talbot's great diseased appetite to corroborate a belief that expatriate educationists ate hoggishly.1958, Anthony Burgess, The Enemy in the Blanket (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 318. From the entry hoggishly
  • May as much damage come from a diseased nonaching tooth as from one that aches?1934, Harry Charles McKown, Home Room Guidance, page 355. From the entry nonaching
  • Only ten years after its identification in the UK, the risks posed by dead and diseased trees is rising, says NR.2023 August 9, Mel Holley, “Network News: Scotland's £4.2bn plan to ensure network stability”, in RAIL, number 989, page 24. From the entry ash dieback
  • Diseased and dead fish in the pens, together with fecalia and uneaten food, will also release lipid droplets.1992, Canadian Journal of Microbiology, page 1052. From the entry fecalia
  • Cartwright I now know that I am a diseased man.1989, David Pilgrim, Race relations "above the veil": speeches, essays, and other writings. From the entry drapetomania
  • Microscopic and sometimes macroscopic examination of the apparently healthy intervening tissue may reveal the fungus connecting the blotches of diseased tissue.1938, Henry Bake Steer, Stumpage Prices of Privately Owned Timber in the United States. From the entry blotch
  • Diseased plants should be removed and destroyed.1920, Burton Edward Livingston and Jacob Richard Schramm [eds.], and Mildred Stratton Krauss [compil.], Botanical Abstracts (Williams &…. From the entry fennochio
  • These failures are pathologized as “loser” moves toward “effluvium”: the failed individual becomes a biological waste product, an excretum of a diseased body.2016, Anthony Lioi, Nerd Ecology: Defending the Earth with Unpopular Culture (Environmental Cultures), London; New York, N.Y.: Bloomsbury…. From the entry excretum
  • SURGERY is an appealingly radical way of dealing with a diseased organ, but it can have a damaging effect on the rest of the body.2012 August 18, “Banking reform: Sticking together”, in The Economist, archived from the original on 09 Mar 2023, issue. From the entry appealingly
  • The amplitude images are highly detailed and exhibit variations in acoustic emission from both calcified and uncalcified regions of the diseased artery.1998 April 3, Mostafa Fatemi, James F. Greenleaf, “Ultrasound-Stimulated Vibro-Acoustic Spectrography”, in Science, volume 280, number…. From the entry uncalcified
  • If the rural poor ate birds then the urban poor ate pairings of tripe, slink (prematurely born calves), or broxy (diseased sheep).1983, Anthony S. Wohl, Endangered lives: public health in Victorian Britain, →ISBN, page 50. From the entry broxy
  • Ewes can be souted (diseased), sheep can be kessen (on their backs and unable to rise), and various animals kenspecked (branded, marked).1979, Peter Wright, Cumbrian Dialect, Dalesman Books, page 11. From the entry kenspecked
  • As is the case with tobacco mosaic, the disease has been successfully transmitted by inoculating healthy plants with juice pressed out of diseased plants.1920, Journal of agricultural research, volume 19, page 131. From the entry tobacco mosaic
  • But the poverty of Kingsland is the diseased poverty of bead flowers in the front room and sticky furniture on the hire system.1918 [1915], Thomas Burke, Nights in London, New York: Henry Holt and Company. From the entry hire system
  • Radiopaque catheters, wires, or small metal ball bearings (BBs) are taped to the patient's skin to help in identifying any anatomic landmark, diseased tissue, or scar on the skin.2010, Richard Hoppe, Theodore L. Phillips, Mack Roach, Leibel and Phillips Textbook of Radiation Oncology, page 203. From the entry bb
  • Some proponents of natural rearing condemn vaccinations; they prefer using homeopathic nosodes (medicine prepared from the diseased part or discharge of something, which supposedly works as well as vaccination).2007, D. Caroline Coile, “Maintaining Your Pom’s Health and Happiness”, in Pomeranians for Dummies (For Dummies), Hoboken, N.J.: John…. From the entry herd immunity
  • You have the right to know that a diseased man is near you because, and I say this carefully, drapetomania is contagious, and I am glad about it.1989, David Pilgrim, Race relations "above the veil": speeches, essays, and other writings. From the entry drapetomania
  • It was the futile throwing back in the face of the Spacers their most keenly felt insult: their insistence on considering the natives of Earth as disgustingly diseased.1954, Isaac Asimov, The Caves of Steel. From the entry spacer
  • We must remember that each individual in the community is an asset to us — that no nation can be strong if its citizens are weak and diseased.1918, International journal of surgery. From the entry selfship

Meaning of diseased

  1. adjective Affected with or suffering from disease.

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Questions about diseased in a sentence

How do you use diseased in a sentence?
Diseased is used as an adjective. For example: “They have consistently included radiological images and histological slides alongside macroscopic images of diseased remains.”
What is a short sentence with diseased?
“Diseased plants should be removed and destroyed.”
What does diseased mean?
Diseased means affected with or suffering from disease.

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