disease

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disease

/dɪˈziːz/ UK
[dɪˈzɪi̯z] UK
/dɪˈziz/ Canada, US
/dəˈziz/ Canada, US
/dɪˈziːz/ Australia
[dɪˈzɪi̯z] Australia
/dəˈziːz/ New Zealand

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Where it comes from

From Middle English disese, from Anglo-Norman desese, disaise, from Old French desaise, from des- + aise. Displaced native Middle English adle, audle (“disease”) (from Old English ādl (“disease, sickness”), see adle), Middle English cothe, coathe (“disease”) (from Old English coþu (“disease”), see coath). By surface analysis, dis- + ease.

noun diseases · dis-ease

countable, uncountable An abnormal condition of a human, animal or plant that causes discomfort or dysfunction; distinct from injury insofar as the latter is usually instantaneously acquired. The tomato plants had some kind of disease that left their leaves splotchy and their fruit withered.
Similar: disorder, illness, sickness, ailment, malady · Opposite: health, healthiness, healthfulness, wellness
countable, figuratively, uncountable Any abnormal or harmful condition, as of society, people's attitudes, way of living etc. War is not man's great and terrible disease; war is a symptom, a result. The real disease is the virus of national sovereignty.
countable, uncountable A lack of ease; uneasiness; trouble; vexation; disquiet. To ſhield thee from diſeaſes of the world, […]

verb diseases · diseasing · diseased · dis-ease

transitive To infect with a disease.
obsolete, transitive To cause unease; to annoy, irritate. Whyll he yett ſpeake there cam won from the rulers off the ſynagogis houſſe which ſayde to hym: Thy doughter is deed diſeaſe not the maſter.

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Closest in meaning: pathological, pathologic, syndrome, diagnosis, alzheimer, fever, fmd, pathology, dementia, epidemiology, medical, pathogenic, diabetes, cancer, asthma, epidemiologic

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noun an abnormal condition of the body causing discomfort or dysfunction

Español	enfermedad, dolencia, mal
한국어	질병 jilbyeong
日本語	病気 byōki, 疾病 shippei
中文	疾病 jíbìng, 病 bìng, 病症 bìngzhèng, 症 zhèng
हिन्दी	रोग rog, व्याधि vyādhi, बीमारी bīmārī, मरज़ maraz, मर्ज़ marz
Kiswahili	ugonjwa, maradhi
Português	doença
Français	maladie, mal
Deutsch	Krankheit, Infektionskrankheit, Seuche
Italiano	malattia, malanno, disturbo, morbo
Ελληνικά	ασθένεια asthéneia, αρρώστια arróstia, νόσος nósos, πάθηση páthisi
Română	boală, maladie
Русский	боле́знь boléznʹ, заболева́ние zabolevánije, неду́г nedúg, хворь xvorʹ, не́мочь némočʹ, нездоро́вье nezdoróvʹje
Tiếng Việt	bệnh, căn bệnh
العربية	مَرَض maraḍ, دَاء dāʔ, سُقْم suqm
עברית	מַחֲלָה makhalá

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@misc{disease_2026,
  title = {disease},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/disease},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}