1. disease - Noun
2. disease - Verb
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.
To deprive of ease; to disquiet; to trouble; to distress.
To derange the vital functions of; to afflict with disease or sickness; to disorder; -- used almost exclusively in the participle diseased.
Source: Webster's dictionary“A 12-hour Covid-19 helpline has been established to provide support to those who may have concerns and questions about the disease. Source: Internet
A 27-year-old man from Kanniyakumari with chronic kidney disease and systemic hypertension was admitted to the Kanyakumari Medical College Hospital on August 22. He died on September 4 due to respiratory failure and COVID-19 pneumonia. Source: Internet
10. Rare illness that affects a large, disparate population (respiratory disease might suggest the pathogen or agent was inhaled). Source: Internet
Abrias has to assume that he has the infectious disease, and that’s what makes it so scary. Source: Internet
1855:Kars: In the year up to May 1855 Turkish forces in the east were reduced from 120,000 to 75,000, mostly by disease. Source: Internet
About 34 people of the village's 245 residents suffer the painful disease, Lokuchei told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. Source: Internet