“diseases” is a form of
disease
UK /dɪˈziːz/ · US /dɪˈziz/ noun, verb
Forms diseases diseasing diseased dis-ease
- noun (medicine) An abnormal condition of a human, animal or plant 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 their fruit withered.”
- noun (figuratively) Any abnormal or harmful condition, as of society, people's attitudes, way of living etc.
- noun A lack of ease; uneasiness; trouble; vexation; disquiet.
- verb (transitive) To infect with a disease.
- verb (transitive, obsolete) To cause unease; to annoy, irritate.
Synonyms
disorder illness sickness ailment malady affliction coath complaint egritude ill health indisposition trouble morbus rot
Antonyms
health healthiness healthfulness wellness haleness heartiness
Etymology
From Middle English disese, from Anglo-Norman desese, disaise, from Old French desaise, from des- + aise. Displaced native Middle English adle, audle (“disease”) (from Old English ādl (“disease, sickness”), see adle), Middle English cothe, coathe (“disease”) (from Old English coþu (“disease”), see coath). By surface analysis, dis- + ease.
Webster’s 1913
- noun Lack of ease; uneasiness; trouble; vexation; disquiet. [Obs.]
- noun An alteration in the state of the body or of some of its organs, interrupting or disturbing the performance of the vital functions, and causing or threatening pain and weakness; malady; affection; illness; sickness; disorder; --applied figuratively to the mind, to the moral character and habits, to institutions, the state, etc. Diseases desperate grown, By desperate appliances are relieved. Shak.
- verb To deprive of ease; to disquiet; to trouble; to distress. [Obs.]
- verb To derange the vital functions of; to afflict with disease or sickness; to disorder; --used almost exclusively in the participle diseased.
Etymology [OE. disese, OF. desaise; des- (L. dis-) + aise ease. See Ease.]
Sources: Wiktionary · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “disease”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details