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Psychoanalysts have been occupied for a long time with the difficult question of what the psychological conditions are which determine the form of the neurotic disease to which the individual will succumb. It is as though he had a choice between different illnesses and led by unknown impulses selected one or other of them.
Karl Abraham

Meaning of "disease" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DISEASE

From Old French desaise.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF DISEASE

disease  [dɪˈziːz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DISEASE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Disease is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DISEASE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Disease

A disease is a particular abnormal, pathological condition that affects part or all of an organism. It is often construed as a medical condition associated with specific symptoms and signs. It may be caused by factors originally from an external source, such as infectious disease, or it may be caused by internal dysfunctions, such as autoimmune diseases. In humans, "disease" is often used more broadly to refer to any condition that causes pain, dysfunction, distress, social problems, or death to the person afflicted, or similar problems for those in contact with the person. In this broader sense, it sometimes includes injuries, disabilities, disorders, syndromes, infections, isolated symptoms, deviant behaviors, and atypical variations of structure and function, while in other contexts and for other purposes these may be considered distinguishable categories. Diseases usually affect people not only physically, but also emotionally, as contracting and living with many diseases can alter one's perspective on life, and one's personality. Death due to disease is called death by natural causes.

Definition of disease in the English dictionary

The first definition of disease in the dictionary is any impairment of normal physiological function affecting all or part of an organism, esp a specific pathological change caused by infection, stress, etc, producing characteristic symptoms; illness or sickness in general. Other definition of disease is a corresponding condition in plants. Disease is also any situation or condition likened to this.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DISEASE


Antilles
ænˈtɪliːz
bases
ˈbeɪsiːz
Chinese
tʃaɪˈniːz
classes
ˈklæsiːz
dieses
ˈdaɪəsiːz
ease
iːz
expertise
ˌɛkspɜːˈtiːz
he´s
hiːz
Japanese
ˌdʒæpəˈniːz
keys
kiːz
kneesies
ˈniːziːz
mise
miːz
please
pliːz
Portuguese
ˌpɔːtjʊˈɡiːz
series
ˈsɪəriːz
she´s
ʃiːz
species
ˈspiːʃiːz
tales
ˈteɪliːz
these
ðiːz
zzzs
ziːz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DISEASE

disdainfulness
diseased
diseasedness
diseaseful
diseconomies
diseconomy
disedge
disembark
disembarkation
disembarkment
disembarrass
disembarrassment
disembellish
disembitter
disembodied
disembodies
disembodiment
disembody
disembogue
disemboguement

WORDS THAT END LIKE DISEASE

Alzheimer´s disease
Chagas´ disease
coeliac disease
coronary heart disease
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
Crohn´s disease
Cushing´s disease
degenerative joint disease
diverticular disease
gum disease
heart disease
Huntington´s disease
increase
infectious disease
kidney disease
Lyme disease
motor neuron disease
Paget´s disease
Parkinson´s disease
sease
skin disease

Synonyms and antonyms of disease in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «DISEASE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «disease» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of disease

Translation of «disease» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DISEASE

Find out the translation of disease to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of disease from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «disease» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

疾病
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

enfermedad
570 millions of speakers

English

disease
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

रोग
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مَرَض
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

болезнь
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

doença
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

রোগ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

maladie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Penyakit
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Krankheit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

病気
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Penyakit
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bệnh
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நோய்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

आजार
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hastalık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

malattia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

choroba
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

хвороба
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

boală
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ασθένεια
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

siekte
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sjukdom
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sykdom
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of disease

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DISEASE»

The term «disease» is very widely used and occupies the 4.019 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DISEASE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «disease» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «disease» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about disease

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10 QUOTES WITH «DISEASE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word disease.
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Grace Abbott
Child labor and poverty are inevitably bound together and if you continue to use the labor of children as the treatment for the social disease of poverty, you will have both poverty and child labor to the end of time.
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Karl Abraham
Psychoanalysts have been occupied for a long time with the difficult question of what the psychological conditions are which determine the form of the neurotic disease to which the individual will succumb. It is as though he had a choice between different illnesses and led by unknown impulses selected one or other of them.
3
Daniel Akaka
A more effective international disease surveillance system is essential for global security both against a bioterrorist attack or a naturally occurring disease.
4
Peter Lewis Allen
Was this an old disease, and, if so, which one? If it was new, what did that say about the state of medical knowledge? And in any case, how could physicians make sense of it?
5
Rowan Atkinson
I have to say that I've always believed perfectionism is more of a disease than a quality. I do try to go with the flow but I can't let go.
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William J. Brennan, Jr.
Congress acknowledged that society's accumulated myths and fears about disability and disease are as handicapping as are the physical limitations that flow from actual impairment.
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Jose Canseco
I had already developed inherited back problems. I had degenerative disk disease, a form of scoliosis, arthritis. And I truly believe that if it weren't for the use of steroids - I'm not saying steroids is for everyone, but in my case in general, if I have not used steroids, I mean, physically right now I'd probably be a wreck.
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Deborah Cox
I really connect with those moments of doing missionary work down there and just seeing the people that are dying from disease and hunger and malnutrition.
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Richard P. Feynman
There is a computer disease that anybody who works with computers knows about. It's a very serious disease and it interferes completely with the work. The trouble with computers is that you 'play' with them!
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Harvey V. Fineberg
We've gone from a preponderance of acute and infectious disease as a source of premature death to chronic diseases, which are the preponderance of the burden of illness in most of the world. That puts a much higher premium on the prevention of chronic disease than ever in history.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DISEASE»

Discover the use of disease in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to disease and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Framing Disease: Studies in Cultural History
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Charles E. Rosenberg, Janet Lynne Golden, 1992
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An Introduction to Human Disease: Pathology and ...
This Text Also Indicates How The Disturbances Cause The Clinical Manifestations Of Various Diseases And Guide Treatment.
Leonard V. Crowley, 2007
3
Homocysteine in Health and Disease
This is an unusually comprehensive account of the broad range of medical, nutritional and methodological implications of homocysteine in health and disease.
Ralph Carmel, Donald W. Jacobsen, 2001
4
Kidney Disease: A Guide for Living
Walter A. Hunt knows what it means to live with kidney disease.
Walter A. Hunt, 2011
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Modern Nutrition in Health and Disease
Distinguished experts provide in-depth information on historic landmarks in nutrition, specific dietary components, nutrition in integrated biologic systems, nutritional assessment through the life cycle, nutrition in various clinical ...
Maurice Edward Shils, Moshe Shike, 2006
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Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease: The Revolutionary, ...
Presents the plant-based diet developed by the author to treat heart patients, discussing the long-term studies done to prove the effectiveness of his program, along with recipes for salads, soups, main dishes, and desserts that comprise ...
Caldwell B. Esselstyn, 2007
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The Top 10 Lyme Disease Treatments: Defeat Lyme Disease with ...
Provides information about effective treatment protocols and supplements to battle Lyme disease.
Bryan Rosner, Julie Byers, Michael Huckleberry, 2007
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Liver Disease in Children
With the continued evolution of pediatric hepatology as a discipline, this text remains an essential reference for all physicians involved in the care of children with liver disease.
Frederick J. Suchy, Ronald J. Sokol, William F. Balistreri, 2007
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The American Disease : Origins of Narcotic Control: Origins ...
Originally published in 1973, and then in an expanded edition in 1987, this third edition contains a new chapter and preface that both address the renewed debate on policy and drug legislation from the end of the Reagan administration to ...
David F. Musto Professor of Child Psychiatry and History of Medicine Yale School of Medicine, 1999
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Waterborne Disease: Epidemiology and Ecology
With increasing awareness of environmental problems throughout the world, this unique volume provides timely and invaluable reading for medical practitioners, environmental health officers, public health professionals, water quality ...
Paul Hunter, 1997

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DISEASE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term disease is used in the context of the following news items.
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Healthcheck: Tips to prevent Lyme disease | 6abc.com
If you spend any time outdoors this summer, especially in wooded areas, you're at risk for Lyme disease. A local doctor, who once had the ... «6abc.com, Jul 15»
2
Kawasaki disease: an unknown illness with no definitive medical …
Kawasaki disease, an illness that can lead to heart disease in children, was ... Kawasaki disease found me as an eight-year-old growing up in ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
3
Woman Fights for Cure of Disease that Took Her Mom at Young Age …
ANKENY, Iowa — About five million Americans have Alzheimer's. The disease, which is characterized by a loss of metal ability and memory, ... «whotv.com, Jul 15»
4
Celiac Disease Tied to Autoimmunity Risk in Spouses, Relatives
First-degree relatives and spouses of patients with celiac disease are at increased risk for autoimmune diseases, according to results of a study ... «Medscape, Jul 15»
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Virology: Mapping viral disease vectors : Nature : Nature Publishing …
The mosquitoes that carry the dengue and chikungunya viruses are more widespread than ever before, and are likely to increase their ranges. «Nature.com, Jul 15»
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Lisa Brown Starving to Death from Rare Disease : People.com
When Lisa Brown was in her late 20s, she was rapidly checking off every major goal she had in life – graduate from college with honors, go to ... «People Magazine, Jul 15»
7
White House says open to working with Congress on disease
White House says open to working with Congress on disease research bill. WASHINGTON. WASHINGTON The White House said on ... «Reuters, Jul 15»
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Heart disease & the connection to type 1 diabetes - WUSA9.com
A local study is trying to understand the the relationship between heart disease and young patients with type 1 diabetes. Bonnie Katz 8:15 a.m. ... «W*USA 9, Jul 15»
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Greece's 'disease' won't infect healthy European countries …
If investors use Greece's precarious financial position as an excuse to bail out of bonds issued by other highly indebted countries, such as ... «MarketWatch, Jul 15»
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Rare and deadly, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease remains a bit of a …
Creutzfeld-Jacob disease occurs in about one to two in every million people each year, most often in late middle-age. Andrew Mason/Flickr, CC ... «The Conversation AU, Jul 15»

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