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- DictionaryDis·eased/dəˈzēzd/
adjective
- 1. suffering from disease: "all the diseased cattle have been removed"
The meaning of DISEASED is affected with or as if with a disease : lacking health or soundness : sickly. How to use diseased in a sentence.
The meaning of DISEASE is a condition of the living animal or plant body or of one of its parts that impairs normal functioning and is typically manifested by distinguishing signs and symptoms : sickness, malady. How to use disease in a sentence.
Diseased definition: having or affected with disease. . See examples of DISEASED used in a sentence.
adjective. uk / dɪˈziːzd / us / dɪˈziːzd / Add to word list. suffering from a disease: a diseased lung / kidney. diseased brain tissue. Farmers were dumping or burying the diseased carcasses. The bush looked badly diseased, with black marks on all the leaves. a diseased mind / imagination. a diseased society. Synonym. pathological.
Disease definition: a disordered or incorrectly functioning organ, part, structure, or system of the body resulting from the effect of genetic or developmental errors, infection, poisons, nutritional deficiency or imbalance, toxicity, or unfavorable environmental factors; illness; sickness; ailment..
a condition of a person, animal, or plant in which its body or structure is harmed because an organ or part is unable to work as it usually does; an illness: [ C ] Mumps is an infectious disease. [ U ] He suffers from heart disease. [ U ] Hundreds of thousands of trees died from Dutch elm disease.
When something is unhealthy or affected by illness, it's diseased. Sadly, the diseased trees in the city park may eventually need to be cut down and removed.
Definition of diseased adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Something that is diseased is affected by a disease. The arteries are diseased and a transplant is the only hope. Clear away dead or diseased plants. If you say that someone's mind is diseased, you are emphasizing that you think it is not normal or balanced.
Adj. 1. diseased - caused by or altered by or manifesting disease or pathology; "diseased tonsils"; "a morbid growth"; "pathologic tissue"; "pathological bodily processes". pathologic, pathological, morbid. unhealthy - not in or exhibiting good health in body or mind; "unhealthy ulcers".
