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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’.

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   Synonyms. Antonyms. Strongest matches. bug. Cancer. condition. contamination. defect. disorder. epidemic. fever. flu. illness. infection. inflammation. malady. plague. sickness. stroke. syndrome. virus. Strong matches. ache. affection. attack. blight. breakdown. canker. collapse. complaint. contagion. convulsions. debility. decrepitude.

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   Synonyms for DISEASE: illness, ailment, ill, disorder, fever, condition, sickness, infection; Antonyms of DISEASE: health, wellness, fitness, soundness, wholeness, robustness, shape, wholesomeness

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   Synonyms for DISEASES: illnesses, ailments, sicknesses, ills, conditions, disorders, fevers, infections, maladies, bugs

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   Synonyms. illness. sickness. ill health. physical disorder. ailment. malady. infirmity. affliction. morbid condition. Antonyms. health. salubriousness. healthiness. Synonyms for disease from Random House Roget's College Thesaurus, Revised and Updated Edition © 2000 Random House, Inc. Browse. disdained. disdainfully. disease-free. diseased.

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   Synonyms. Similar meaning. View all. illness. sickness. ailment. infection. virus. disorder. complaint. malady. affliction. condition. infirmity. contagion. indisposition. plague. ill health. blight. cancer. bug. disability. contamination. afflictions. canker. sick. trouble. debility. Antonyms. Opposite meaning. Related. Common usage.

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   Disease synonyms - 1 203 Words and Phrases for Disease. illness. n. # infection , virus. sickness. n. # death , illness. ailment. n. # illness , disorder. infection. n. # virus , contagion. virus. n. # infection. disorder. n. # illness , ailment. complaint. n. # sick , illness. malady. n. # disorder , sick. affliction. n. # sick , disorder.

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   sickness, illness, ailment, bug, disorder, syndrome, condition, malady, complaint, affliction, epidemic, plague, virus, scourge, indisposition, contagion, infection, complication, unhealthiness, unsoundness, pestilence, pathology, pathological case, psychosomatic illness, pathological condition, viral infection, bacterial infection, fungal infec...