Meaning of disease in English

Table of contents
  1. Pronunciation
  2. Noun
    1. Etymology
    2. Definitions

  1. Pronunciation

    /dəˈziz/

    US accent Play button

    UK accent Play button

  1. Noun

    disease

    Etymology

    Middle English (in the sense ‘lack of ease; inconvenience’): from Old French desaise‘lack of ease’, from des- (expressing reversal) + aise‘ease’

    Definitions

    1. an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning

Famous quotes

  • « Disease generally begins that equality which death completes. »
    Samuel Johnson
  • « I've been working with the National Lung Health Education Program to raise awareness about Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. »
    Loni Anderson
  • « The ever quickening advances of science made possible by the success of the Human Genome Project will also soon let us see the essences of mental disease. Only after we understand them at the genetic level can we rationally seek out appropriate therapies for such illnesses as schizophrenia and bipolar disease. »
    James D. Watson
  • « A systemic cleansing and detox is definitely the way to go after each holiday. It is the key to fighting high blood pressure, heart disease, cancer, and other health-related illnesses. »
    Lee Haney
  • « Americans are blessed with great plenty we are a generous people and we have a moral obligation to assist those who are suffering from poverty, disease, war and famine. »
    Adam Schiff

Browse dictionary