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   Dis·ease

   /dəˈzēz/

   

   noun

   • 1. a disorder of structure or function in a human, animal, or plant, especially one that has a known cause and a distinctive group of symptoms, signs, or anatomical changes: "bacterial meningitis is a rare disease"
   • ▪ a particular quality, habit, or disposition regarded as adversely affecting a person or group of people: "departmental administration has often led to the dread disease of departmentalitis"

   Word Origin Middle English (in the sense ‘lack of ease; inconvenience’): from Old French desaise ‘lack of ease’, from des- (expressing reversal) + aise ‘ease’.

   Scrabble Points: 8

   • D

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   • I

     1

   • S

     1

   • E

     1

   • A

     1

   • S

     1

   • E

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