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单词 disease
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Definition of disease in English:

disease

noun dɪˈziːzdəˈziz
  • 1A disorder of structure or function in a human, animal, or plant, especially one that produces specific symptoms or that affects a specific location and is not simply a direct result of physical injury.

    bacterial meningitis is quite a rare disease
    mass noun heart disease
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The symptoms are not disease specific and the term does not suggest any cause for the symptoms.
    • Smoking is a major contributor to many serious diseases, such as heart disease and lung cancer.
    • Volunteers who provided their skin cells to be cloned had diseases such as diabetes or spinal cord injury.
    • The infection may be passed on without causing meningitis or any symptoms of the disease.
    • Hearing impairment is when the hearing is affected by a disease, disorder or injury.
    • Certain diseases, such as diabetes, can cause a cataract to occur at an earlier age than normal.
    • The value of animal research for finding new treatments for human diseases is a continuing debate.
    • Increasingly we will hear about patients with common diseases who have typical symptoms.
    • Cancer is second only to diseases of the heart and blood vessels as a cause of death.
    • They do little research into tropical diseases yet these diseases affect millions.
    • Neck pain can be the result of many disorders or diseases in the structure of the neck.
    • The threats of malaria and diarrhoeal diseases will only further increase with the onset of rains.
    • Patients with chronic diseases like asthma and diabetes were not regularly monitored.
    • Testicular cancer is a rare disease in men caused by abnormal growth of cells of the testicle.
    • Obesity is a major factor in illnesses such as heart disease and certain forms of diabetes.
    • Lung transplants are performed when people have diseases such as emphysema and cystic fibrosis.
    • The main cause of death in our cohort with diabetes was ischaemic heart disease.
    • It may soon be used in humans to treat heart disease, diabetes, and other such diseases.
    • They are relevant to food only insofar as they cause diseases in plants and animals.
    • Quitting smoking can help reduce your risk of gum disease and other oral diseases such as cancer of the mouth.
    Synonyms
    illness, sickness, ill health
    infection, ailment, malady, disorder, complaint, affliction, condition, indisposition, upset, problem, trouble, infirmity, disability, defect, abnormality
    pestilence, plague, cancer, canker, blight
    informal bug, virus
    British informal lurgy
    Australian informal wog
    dated contagion
    1. 1.1 A particular quality or disposition regarded as adversely affecting a person or group of people.
      we are suffering from the British disease of self-deprecation
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Rather, it is an argument against not leading a full life, of yielding to the national disease of sloth and laziness.
      • Are not sin, transgression and iniquity dread diseases that lead to spiritual death?
      • As the disease of greed and materialism spreads in our minds, so do the physical diseases, as our bodies struggle to eliminate the toxicity from the cocktail of chemicals consumed every day.
      • For some reason - whether through snobbery, ignorance, or the peculiarly British disease of self-deprecation - this valuable national treasure has been systematically trivialised and ridiculed over the years, to such an extent that today it remains almost unknown.
      • The blame lies within the disease of greed that has found too comfortable a home in the world of sports.

Origin

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

  • At first disease was ‘lack of ease, inconvenience, trouble’, the meaning of the word in French, from which English adopted it in the early Middle Ages. The ‘lack of ease’ soon became associated with illness, and the original sense became obsolete.

 
 

Definition of disease in US English:

disease

noundəˈzēzdəˈziz
  • 1A disorder of structure or function in a human, animal, or plant, especially one that produces specific signs or symptoms or that affects a specific location and is not simply a direct result of physical injury.

    bacterial meningitis is a rare disease
    a possible cause of heart disease
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The symptoms are not disease specific and the term does not suggest any cause for the symptoms.
    • Volunteers who provided their skin cells to be cloned had diseases such as diabetes or spinal cord injury.
    • They do little research into tropical diseases yet these diseases affect millions.
    • Lung transplants are performed when people have diseases such as emphysema and cystic fibrosis.
    • Smoking is a major contributor to many serious diseases, such as heart disease and lung cancer.
    • Obesity is a major factor in illnesses such as heart disease and certain forms of diabetes.
    • Cancer is second only to diseases of the heart and blood vessels as a cause of death.
    • The infection may be passed on without causing meningitis or any symptoms of the disease.
    • Certain diseases, such as diabetes, can cause a cataract to occur at an earlier age than normal.
    • Hearing impairment is when the hearing is affected by a disease, disorder or injury.
    • Testicular cancer is a rare disease in men caused by abnormal growth of cells of the testicle.
    • The threats of malaria and diarrhoeal diseases will only further increase with the onset of rains.
    • The value of animal research for finding new treatments for human diseases is a continuing debate.
    • Increasingly we will hear about patients with common diseases who have typical symptoms.
    • Patients with chronic diseases like asthma and diabetes were not regularly monitored.
    • Quitting smoking can help reduce your risk of gum disease and other oral diseases such as cancer of the mouth.
    • They are relevant to food only insofar as they cause diseases in plants and animals.
    • It may soon be used in humans to treat heart disease, diabetes, and other such diseases.
    • Neck pain can be the result of many disorders or diseases in the structure of the neck.
    • The main cause of death in our cohort with diabetes was ischaemic heart disease.
    Synonyms
    illness, sickness, ill health
    1. 1.1 A particular quality, habit, or disposition regarded as adversely affecting a person or group of people.
      departmental administration has often led to the dread disease of departmentalitis
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Rather, it is an argument against not leading a full life, of yielding to the national disease of sloth and laziness.
      • For some reason - whether through snobbery, ignorance, or the peculiarly British disease of self-deprecation - this valuable national treasure has been systematically trivialised and ridiculed over the years, to such an extent that today it remains almost unknown.
      • Are not sin, transgression and iniquity dread diseases that lead to spiritual death?
      • The blame lies within the disease of greed that has found too comfortable a home in the world of sports.
      • As the disease of greed and materialism spreads in our minds, so do the physical diseases, as our bodies struggle to eliminate the toxicity from the cocktail of chemicals consumed every day.

Origin

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

 
 
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