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The definition of disease
3 Definitions of: disease
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- noun, 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
- noun, a corresponding condition in plants
- noun, any situation or condition likened to this. Related adj pathological
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- noun, another name for psittacosis
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- noun, an ulcerative bacterial infection of the mouth, esp involving the throat and tonsils
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©HarperCollins 2008. Collins English Dictionary definition of disease