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- Dictionarydisease/dɪˈziːz/
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 quite a rare disease"
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3 days ago · disease, any harmful deviation from the normal structural or functional state of an organism, generally associated with certain signs and symptoms and differing in nature from physical injury. A diseased organism commonly exhibits signs or symptoms indicative of its abnormal state.
A disease is a particular abnormal condition that adversely affects the structure or function of all or part of an organism and is not immediately due to any external injury. [1] [2] Diseases are often known to be medical conditions that are associated with specific signs and symptoms.
a condition of a person, animal, or plant in which its body or structure is harmed because an organ or part is unable to work as it usually does; an illness: [ C ] Mumps is an infectious disease. [ U ] He suffers from heart disease. [ U ] Hundreds of thousands of trees died from Dutch elm disease.
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. infectious diseases. a rare genetic disease. heart disease. 2. : a harmful development (as in a social institution) sees the city's crime as a disease. 3.
At first sight, the answer to “What is a disease?” is straightforward. Most of us feel we have an intuitive grasp of the idea, reaching mentally to images or memories of colds, cancer or tuberculosis. But a look through any medical dictionary soon shows that articulating a satisfactory definition of disease is surprisingly difficult.
Disease definition: a disordered or incorrectly functioning organ, part, structure, or system of the body resulting from the effect of genetic or developmental errors, infection, poisons, nutritional deficiency or imbalance, toxicity, or unfavorable environmental factors; illness; sickness; ailment..
(an) illness of people, animals, plants, etc., caused by infection or a failure of health rather than by an accident: a contagious / infectious disease. a common / rare / incurable / fatal disease. outbreak of disease They reported a sudden outbreak of the disease in the south of the country.
Definition of disease noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. [uncountable, countable] an illness affecting humans, animals or plants, often caused by infection. In 19th century England, infectious diseases were the principal cause of death. Smoking increases the risk of heart disease.
Definition of disease noun in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
an illness caused by an infection or by a failure of health and not by an accident: heart disease. an infectious disease. Fewer examples. an incurable disease. Eating fatty food increases the risk of heart disease. The disease affects both humans and animals. As many as 6000 people may have been infected with the disease.
