DISEASE


Meaning of DISEASE in English

noun

1.

a kind or instance of impairment of a living being that interferes with normal bodily function

tuberculosis has become a controllable disease

Synonyms: affection, ailment, complaint, condition, disorder, ill, infirmity, malady, sickness, syndrome; compare infirmity 1, sickness 1

Related Word: bug, ||epizootic, ||misery, virus

2.

Synonyms: infirmity 1, debility, decrepitude, feebleness, infirmness, malaise, sickliness, unhealthiness

Antonyms: health

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