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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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6 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.
DISEASE definition: 1. (an) illness of people, animals, plants, etc., caused by infection or a failure of health rather…. Learn more.
A disease is a particular abnormal condition that adversely affects the structure or function of an organism. Learn about the different types, causes, and classifications of diseases, as well as their effects on humans and society.
Learn the meaning of disease as a noun and a verb, with synonyms, antonyms, and examples. Find out the origin, history, and usage of the word disease in different contexts.
Until recently the only coherent model for thinking about disability was a medical one, in which disability is seen as a nominative pathology: a disease, degeneration, defect or deficit located in an individual. Exactly what constitutes disease, degeneration, defect or deficit here is decided by reference to a biomedical norm.
- Jackie Leach Scully
- 10.1038/sj.embor.7400195
- 2004
- EMBO Rep. 2004 Jul; 5(7): 650-653.
Learn the meaning of disease as a condition that impairs normal functioning and is typically manifested by signs and symptoms. See synonyms, examples, word history, and related articles for disease.
Learn the meaning of disease as an illness caused by an infection or by a failure of health and not by an accident. See examples of disease in sentences and translations in different languages.
