| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. Present participle conjugation of the verb disease.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (disease) |
1. To deprive of ease; to disquiet; to trouble; to distress.[Websters]. 2. To derange the vital functions of; to afflict with disease or sickness; to disorder; -- used almost exclusively in the participle diseased.[Websters]. 3. Base verb from the following inflections: diseasing, diseased, diseases, diseaser, diseasers, diseasingly and diseasedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "Diseasing" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1811. (references) |
| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. Present participle conjugation of the verb disease.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (disease) | 1. To deprive of ease; to disquiet; to trouble; to distress.[Websters]. 2. To derange the vital functions of; to afflict with disease or sickness; to disorder; -- used almost exclusively in the participle diseased.[Websters]. 3. Base verb from the following inflections: diseasing, diseased, diseases, diseaser, diseasers, diseasingly and diseasedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "DISEASING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1811. (references) |
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | 1: [Noun] Dizeze.. | 2: [Noun] In its primary sense, pain, uneasiness, distress, and so used by Spenser; but in this sense, obsolete.. | 3: [Noun] The cause of pain or uneasiness; distemper; malady; sickness; disorder; any state of a living body in which the natural functions of the organs are interrupted or disturbed, either by defective or preternatural action, without a disrupture of parts by violence, which is called a wound. The first effect of disease is uneasiness or pain, and the ultimate effect is death. A disease may affect the whole body, or a particular limb or part of the body. We say a diseased limb; a disease in the head or stomach; and such partial affection of the body is called a local or topical disease. The word is also applied to the disorders of other animals, as well as to those of man; and to any derangement of the vegetative functions of plants. The shafts of disease shoot across our path in such a variety of courses, that the atmosphere of human life is darkened by their number, and the escape of an individual becomes almost miraculous.. | 4: [Noun] A disordered state of the mind or intellect, by which the reason is impaired.. | 5: [Noun] In society, vice; corrupt state of morals. Vices are called moral diseases. A wise man converses with the wicked, as a physician with the sick, not to catch the disease, but to cure it.. | 6: [Noun] Political or civil disorder, or vices in a state; any practice which tends to disturb the peace of society, or impede or prevent the regular administration of government. The instability, injustice and confusion introduced into the public councils have, in truth, been the mortal diseases under which popular governments have every where perished.. | 7: [Verb] dizeze.. | 8: [Verb] To interrupt or impair any or all the natural and regular functions of the several organs of a living body; to afflict with pain or sickness to make morbid; used chiefly in the passive participle, as a diseased body, a diseased stomach; but diseased may here be considered as an adjective.. | 9: [Verb] To interrupt or render imperfect the regular functions of the brain, or of the intellect; to disorder; to derange.. | 10: [Verb] To infect; to communicate disease to, by contagion.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. |
| Dream Interpretation | 1: For a young woman to dream that she is incurably diseased, denotes that she will be likely to lead a life of single blessedness. 2: To dream that you are diseased, denotes a slight attack of illness, or of unpleasant dealings with a relative. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... | ||
| Geology | Organisms suffer from disease when their normal function is impaired by some genetic disorder, or more often from the activity of a parasite or other organism living within them. Many diseases are caused by viruses, bacteria, or fungi. (references) | ||
| Health | Drug of choice. (references) | ||
| Literature | 1: "In the world ye shall have disease." -Wyclif: John xvi. 33. 2: Disease meaning discomfort, want of ease, mal aise, as. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | ||
| Military | Illness; sickness; and interruption, cessation, or disorder of body functions, systems, or organs due to an entity characterized usually by at least two of these criteria: a recognized etiologic agent (or agents), an identifiable group of signs and symptoms, or consistent anatomical alterations. (references) | ||
| Oceanography | Any deviation from or interruption of the normal structure or function of any body part, organ, or system that is manifested by a characteristic set of signs and whose etiology, pathology, and prognosis may be known or unknown. (references) | ||
| Wiktionary | [Noun] (pathology) An abnormal condition of the body or mind that causes discomfort or dysfunction; distinct from injury insofar as the latter is usually instantaneously acquired. The tomato plants had some kind of disease that left their leaves splotchy and fruit withered. (references) | ||
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| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Addison's disease | 1: A morbid condition causing a peculiar brownish discoloration of the skin, and thought, at one time, to be due to disease of the suprarenal capsules (two flat triangular bodies covering the upper part of the kidneys), but now known not to be dependent upon this causes exclusively. It is usually fatal. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| 2: A glandular disorder caused by failure of function of the cortex of the adrenal gland and marked by anemia and prostration with brownish skin. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | |||
| Addison's disease | Addison's disease (also known as chronic adrenal insufficiency, or hypocortisolism) is a rare endocrine disorder, first described by British physician Thomas Addison. It is estimated that it affects about 1 to 2 in 100,000 people. It occurs when the adrenal glands, seated above the kidneys, fail to produce enough of the hormone cortisol and, sometimes, the hormone aldosterone. Addison's disease refers specifically to primary adrenal insufficiency, in which the adrenal glands themselves malfunction; secondary adrenal insufficiency occurs when the pituitary gland does not produce enough adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) to adequately stimulate the adrenal glands. A famous sufferer of Addison's Disease was President John F. Kennedy. Jane Austen is thought to have been another. (references) | ||
| Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry | The United States Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, (ATSDR), is directed by congressional mandate to perform specific functions concerning the effect on public health of hazardous substances in the environment. These functions include public health assessments of waste sites, health consultations concerning specific hazardous substances, health surveillance and registries, emergency response to releases of hazardous substances, applied research in support of public health assessments, information development and dissemination. ATSDR places a strong emphasis upon education and training concerning hazardous substances. The agency works closely with community members and organizations to encourage public involvement and participation in ATSDR activities, including hearings and informational meetings which impact residents living in contaminated areas. (references) | ||
| Age-Related Eye Disease Study | The results were reported in the October 2001 issue of Archives of Ophthalmology. (references) | ||
| Albers-Schonberg disease | An inherited disorder characterized by an increase in bone density; in severe forms the bone marrow cavity may be obliterated. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Albright's disease | Fibrous dysplasia of bone affecting multiple bones. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Alcoholic liver disease | Alcohol is the major cause of liver disease in Western Countries. (In Asian countries viral hepatitis is the major cause). (references) | ||
| Alexander disease | Alexander disease is a slowly progressing fatal neurodegenerative disease. (references) | ||
| Alzheimer's disease | A progressive form of presenile dementia that is similar to senile dementia except that it usually starts in the 40s or 50s; first symptoms are impaired memory which is followed by impaired thought and speech and finally complete helplessness. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Anemia of chronic disease | Anemia of chronic disease (ACD) is a complicated form of anemia that occurs in part due to decreased production of erythropoietin. Epoetin is approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat ACD in subjects with non-myeloid malignancies (cancer not originating from certain bone marrow cells) receiving chemotherapy, in subjects with chronic renal failure (pre-dialysis), and in HIV-infected subjects receiving zidovudine therapy. (references) | ||
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| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Acute disease | Business | Disease characterized by a single episode of fairly short duration, usually less than 30 days, and from which the patient can be expected to return to his or her normal or previous state and level of activity. (references) | |
| Acute Disease | Health | Disease having a short and relatively severe course. (references) | |
| Adams-Stokes disease | Medicine | A transient condition caused by a heart rhythm disorder. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Addison's disease | Geology | This is a disease of the adrenal gland. The usual symptoms are weakness, easily feeling tired, loss of appetite, and sparse hair growth in some areas. Cortisol levels in the blood is low or absent. (references) | |
| Addison's Disease | Health | A disease characterized by hypotension, weight loss, anorexia, weakness, and sometimes a bronze-like melanotic hyperpigmentation of the skin. It is due to tuberculosis- or autoimmune-induced disease (hypofunction) of the adrenal glands that results in deficiency of aldosterone and cortisol. In the absence of replacement therapy, it is usually fatal. (references) | |
| Aleutian Mink Disease | Health | A slow progressive disease of mink caused by the Aleutian mink disease virus. It is characterized by poor reproduction, weight loss, autoimmunity, hypergammaglobulinemia, increased susceptibility to bacterial infections, and death from renal failure. The disease occurs in all color types, but mink which are homozygous recessive for the Aleutian gene for light coat color are particularly susceptible. (references) | |
| Aleutian Mink Disease Virus | Health | A species of parvovirus that causes a disease in mink, mainly those homozygous for the recessive Aleutian gene which determines a desirable coat color. (references) | |
| Alzheimer's Disease | Aging | A progressive, irreversible disease characterized by degeneration of the brain cells and serve loss of memory, causing the individual to become dysfunctional and dependent upon others for basic living needs. (references) | |
| Alzheimer's disease | Geology | Alzheimer's disease is a form of senile dementia of unknown origin that has characteristic pathologic changes in the brain. Its onset is slow and at an earlier age than the common dementia. After onset, it progresses steadily and the pathology is more severe than the average form of senile dementia. Most studies report that this disease is responsible for the cognitive decline in about 50% of demented older adults. (references) | |
| Annosus root disease | Environment | A root disease caused by a widespread native fungus (Heterobasidion annosum). In pines, the fungus spreads through the root system, attacking the inner bark and sapwood. Two to six years after initial infection, the fungus reaches the root crown and girdles the tree, but remains active as a wood-decaying organism within the roots and trunk of the dying tree. Pines weakened by annosus root disease are often killed by bark beetles. Incense-cedars, however, are not affected by bark beetles and will stand green for many years until the disease so weakens the trees that they fall down. Cedars are thought to act as a reservoir for annosus root disease because they take so long to die from the disease. (references) | |
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