dis|ease

dis|ease
dis|ease «duh ZEEZ», noun, verb, -eased, -eas|ing.
–n.
1. sickness; illness; a condition in which an organ, system, or part does not function properly: »

Cleanliness helps prevent disease. People, animals, and plants are all liable to suffer from disease. Great strides are also being made in…immunology—the study of the body's natural defenses against disease (James E. Brody).

 SYNONYM(S): ailment.
2. any particular illness: »

Measles and chicken pox are two diseases of childhood.

3. an unhealthy condition of a plant or a product: »

the diseases of grains.

4. Figurative. a disordered or bad condition, such as that of mind, morals, or public affairs: »

It is the disease of not listening, the malady of not marking, that I am troubled withall (Shakespeare). The disease with which the human mind now labors is want of faith (Emerson).

5. Obsolete. dis-ease; uneasiness.
–v.t.
to cause sickness or illness in; infect.
╂[< Old French desaise < des- without, away (< Latin dis-) + aise ease, opportunity]
dis-ease «DIHS EEZ», noun.

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