Definition of disease

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Disease (v. t.) To derange the vital functions of; to afflict with disease or sickness; to disorder; -- used almost exclusively in the participle diseased.

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Prodromal :: Prodromal (a.) Of or pertaining to prodromes; as, the prodromal stage of a disease..
Semiology :: Semiology (n.) The science of the signs or symptoms of disease; symptomatology.
Pip :: Pip (n.) A contagious disease of fowls, characterized by hoarseness, discharge from the nostrils and eyes, and an accumulation of mucus in the mouth, forming a scale on the tongue. By some the term pip is restricted to this last symptom, the disease being called roup by them..
Lingism :: Lingism (n.) A mode of treating certain diseases, as obesity, by gymnastics; -- proposed by Pehr Henrik Ling, a Swede. See Kinesiatrics..
Pectoral :: Pectoral (a.) Relating to, or good for, diseases of the chest or lungs; as, a pectoral remedy..
Solidism :: Solidism (n.) The doctrine that refers all diseases to morbid changes of the solid parts of the body. It rests on the view that the solids alone are endowed with vital properties, and can receive the impression of agents tending to produce disease..
Pneumotherapy :: Pneumotherapy (n.) The treatment of disease by inhalations of compressed or rarefied air.
Preventer :: Preventer (n.) One who prevents or obstructs; a hinderer; that which hinders; as, a preventer of evils or of disease..
Gout :: Gout (n.) A constitutional disease, occurring by paroxysms. It consists in an inflammation of the fibrous and ligamentous parts of the joints, and almost always attacks first the great toe, next the smaller joints, after which it may attack the greater articulations. It is attended with various sympathetic phenomena, particularly in the digestive organs. It may also attack internal organs, as the stomach, the intestines, etc..
Physic :: Physic (n.) A specific internal application for the cure or relief of sickness; a remedy for disease; a medicine.
Metastasis :: Metastasis (n.) A change in the location of a disease, as from one part to another..
Nephritical :: Nephritical (a.) Affected with a disease of the kidneys; as, a nephritic patient..
Murrain :: Murrain (n.) An infectious and fatal disease among cattle.
Violent :: Violent (a.) Moving or acting with physical strength; urged or impelled with force; excited by strong feeling or passion; forcible; vehement; impetuous; fierce; furious; severe; as, a violent blow; the violent attack of a disease..
Atheroma :: Atheroma (n.) A disease characterized by thickening and fatty degeneration of the inner coat of the arteries.
Nonmalignant :: Nonmalignant (a.) Not malignant, as a disease..
Pompholyx :: Pompholyx (n.) A skin disease in which there is an eruption of bullae, without inflammation or fever..
Endemic :: Endemic (n.) An endemic disease.
Horse-leechery :: Horse-leechery (n.) The business of a farrier; especially, the art of curing the diseases of horses..
Sick :: Sick (superl.) Affected with disease of any kind; ill; indisposed; not in health. See the Synonym under Illness.
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