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    [Noun]  | "dis*ease" | \ di-ˈzēz \


    1: 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

    2: a harmful development (as in a social institution)

    3: trouble

    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English disese, from Anglo-French desease, desaise, from des- dis- + eise ease;

    [Noun]  | "acute disease" 


    1: a disease (such as bronchitis, gastroenteritis, or the flu) of rapid onset and relatively short duration

    Origin: 1637 ;

    [Noun]  | "Ad*di*son's disease" | \ ˈa-də-sənz- \


    1: a destructive disease marked by deficient adrenocortical secretion and characterized by extreme weakness, loss of weight, low blood pressure, gastrointestinal disturbances, and brownish pigmentation of the skin and mucous membranes

    Origin: circa 1856 ;

     After Thomas Addison †1860 English physician;

    [Noun]  | "Alz*hei*mer's disease" | \ ˈälts-ˌhī-mərz- \


    1: a degenerative brain disease of unknown cause that is the most common form of dementia, that usually starts in late middle age or in old age, that results in progressive memory loss, impaired thinking, disorientation, and changes in personality and mood, and that is marked histologically by the degeneration of brain neurons especially in the cerebral cortex and by the presence of neurofibrillary tangles and plaques containing beta-amyloid —abbreviation AD

    Origin: 1911 ;

     Alois Alzheimer †1915 German physician;

    [Noun]  | "Bang's disease" | \ ˈbaŋz- \


    1: brucellosis; specifically : contagious abortion of cattle caused by a brucella (Brucella abortus)

    Origin: 1920 ;

     Bernhard L. F. Bang †1932 Danish veterinarian;

    [Noun]  | "Bright's disease" | \ ˈbrīts- \


    1: any of several kidney diseases marked especially by albumin in the urine

    Origin: 1831 ;

     Richard Bright †1858 English physician;

    [Noun]  | "caisson disease" 


    1: decompression sickness

    Origin: 1873 ;

    [Noun]  | "cat scratch disease" 


    1: an illness that is characterized by swelling of the lymph glands, fever, and chills and is caused chiefly by a bacterium (Bartonella henselae synonym Rochalimaea henselae) transmitted especially by a cat scratch —called also cat scratch fever

    Origin: 1952 ;

    [Noun]  | "celiac disease" 


    1: a chronic hereditary intestinal disorder in which an inability to absorb the gliadin portion of gluten results in the gliadin triggering an immune response that damages the intestinal mucosa —called also celiac sprue

    Origin: 1911 ;

    [Noun]  | "Cha*gas disease" | \ ˈshä-gəs- \


    1: a tropical American disease that is caused by a trypanosome (Trypanosoma cruzi) transmitted chiefly by blood-sucking insects (genus Triatoma, Rhodnius, or Panstrongylus) and that occurs in both an acute and chronic form —called also American trypanosomiasis

    Origin: 1911 ;

     Carlos Chagas †1934 Brazilian physician;

    [Noun]  | "diseases" 


    1: an abnormal state that disrupts a plant's or animal's normal bodily functioning;


      * e.g., " ... they caught a rare disease while they were traveling in Africa and were sick for weeks "



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    [Noun]  | "disease" 


    1: an abnormal state that disrupts a plant's or animal's normal bodily functioning;


      * e.g., " ... they caught a rare disease while they were traveling in Africa and were sick for weeks "




    [Noun]  | "contagious diseases" 


    1: sickness that can be passed from one person, plant, or animal to another;


      * e.g., " ... Parents are advised to vaccinate their children against contagious diseases. "




    [Noun]  | "contagious disease" 


    1: sickness that can be passed from one person, plant, or animal to another;


      * e.g., " ... Parents are advised to vaccinate their children against contagious diseases. "




     [ "diseased" ]

    1: See Paris Hilton.

      * e.g.,  ... You see the new diseased video? 

     [ "disease" ]

    1: an annoying person; someone who wont leave you alone; a "stalker-like" friend.

      * e.g.,  ... She was a total disease... she even followed me into the bathroom! 

     [ "disease" ]

    1: The natural, phenotypic expression of a pathogenic cellular alteration--caused by complex social, political, economic, and environmental processes.

      * e.g.,  ... Although the disease cancer did not begin with the industrial revolution, it is now a major component of it because one of the most profound consequences of the event was an increase in average life expectancy particularly for those of us who live in the so-called industrialized world. Cancer needs time to develop. Another consequence, of course, has been an increase in environmental toxins as a result of our economic activity. Cancer is stimulated, biochemically, by carcinogens like those found in pesticides. 

     [ "Disease" ]

    1: Fucking school

      * e.g.,  ... Mom: "GO TO SCHOOL" 

     [ "disease" ]

    1: Disease, can mean talent, looks or moves, diseased can mean hip, cool, groovy, hot, perfect, lovely, pretty, awesome.

      * e.g.,  ... Snake: "Check out that chick's disease Shovel" 

     [ "The Disease" ]

    1: Disease, one that melts the bone or weakens it. Sure to be named in the future. Revoked from the ancient. Does it spread?

      * e.g.,  ... The Disease started spreading. 

     [ "disease" ]

    1: Whiners, people who scrounge off the welfare state, other socialists and commies, gormless anarchists, woolly liberals, human rights campaigners, people who play the race card, militant atheists, educated aristocrat playboys, union workers, animal rights activists, arable farming religious nuts or anyone else who contributes nothing to the furtherment of the human species.

      * e.g.,  ... Not all the idiots are leftists, but most of them are, which explains why they're still poor. 

     [ "diseased" ]

    1: A term used to describe something amazing or awesome; used as a substitute for the surfer dude slang sick, or the hood slang ill.

      * e.g.,  ... Substitue for ill- 

     [ "Diseased" ]

    1: Mess with the mind,to hard to let go,memories,INFATUATION gone extremely WRONG,an unaware heartbreaker,admired til thee end,a BAD Habit, AN ADDICTION,Undecisive,Commitment issues,Overanalysing situations,falling hard,first love,unreciprocated love,awaken the taste buds with pleasurable sugar,can't seem to get enough,OBSSESSION.

      * e.g.,  ... Rose:"Did i ever tell you about that time i was at the rich house with him?" 

     [ "Diseaseism" ]

    1: The practice of attempting to obtain empathy and attention from others by telling the world of one's disease(s) (real or not).

      * e.g.,  ... Bystander: Could I cut you in line, I'm in a rush? 

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