Disease synonyms

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affliction
A state of pain, suffering, distress or agony.
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fever
A higher than normal body temperature of a person (or, generally, a mammal), usually caused by disease.
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functional disorder
A pathological condition of mind or body
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epidemic
An outbreak of a disease or illness that spreads rapidly among individuals in an area or population at the same time.
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sickness
A malady or disease
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illness
A disease.
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syndrome
A number of symptoms occurring together and characterizing a specific disease or condition
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malady
An unwholesome condition:
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unhealthiness
The state of being unhealthy.
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affection
(Medicine, archaic) Disease; morbid symptom; malady.
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morbidity
(Medicine) The incidence of a disease, as a rate of a population which is affected.
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pathological case
A pathological condition of mind or body
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psychosomatic illness
A pathological condition of mind or body
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complication
A complicated condition or structure; complex, involved, or confused relationship of parts
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condition
The state or quality.
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distemper
Disorder or disturbance, especially of a social or political nature.
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infirmity
The quality or state of being infirm; feebleness; weakness
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ailment
Something which ails one; a disease; sickness.
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indisposition
A minor ailment.
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unsoundness
The state of being unsound
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plague
A highly infectious epidemic disease, especially one with a high rate of fatality; a pestilence.
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pestilence
A pernicious, evil influence or agent.
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infection
A disease resulting from
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virus
(Pathology, microbiology, virology) A submicroscopic infectious organism, now understood to be a non-cellular structure consisting of a core of DNA or RNA surrounded by a protein coat. It requires a living cell to replicate, and often causes disease in the host organism.
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contagion
(Finance) A situation in which small shocks, which initially affect only a few financial institutions or a particular region of an economy, spread to the rest of financial sectors and other countries whose economies were previously healthy.
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nervous disorder
A pathological condition of mind or body
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visitation
A gathering of people in remembrance of a deceased person, especially in the presence of the body at a funeral home.
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pathological condition
A pathological condition of mind or body
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attack
An episode or onset of a disease, often sudden in nature.
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pathological
Of, relating to, or manifesting behavior that is habitual, maladaptive, and compulsive:
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malignancy
The quality or condition of being malignant
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pathogenicity
(Biology): The quality of an organism to inflict damage on the host.
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vigor (antonym)
Effective legal or binding force; validity
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disorder
A breach of public peace; riot
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spell
(US) A period of illness, or sudden interval of bad spirits, disease etc. [from 19th c.]
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seizure
The act or an instance of seizing or the condition of being seized.
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collapse
Constant function, one-valued function (in automata theory) (in particular application causing a reset)
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breakdown
The definition of a breakdown is a mechanical failure, a collapse of a system of authority, a failure of a relationship or interaction, or a collapse of someone's mental health and a descent into permanent or temporary craziness.
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pathology
Pathology is defined as a branch of medical science that studies the nature, effects, causes and consequences of disease.
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symptomatology
(Countable) All the symptoms of a particular disease.
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bug
The illness or disease so produced:
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temperature
An elevated body temperature, as present in fever and many illnesses.
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health (antonym)
A state of well-being or balance, often physical but sometimes also mental and social; the overall level of function of an organism from the cellular (micro) level to the social (macro) level.
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strength (antonym)
The capacity to resist strain or stress; durability:
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complex (related)
An exaggerated or obsessive concern or fear.
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insanity (related)
The definition of insanity is having a serious mental illness or being extremely foolish.
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diagnostic
(Comput.) Of or having to do with the use of computer diagnostics
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diseased
Unsound or disordered.
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leprous
Having leprosy
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malignant
Having or showing ill will; malicious:
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malingering
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morbid
(Originally) Of, or relating to disease.
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morbific
That causes disease; sickening, pathogenic.
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pathogenetic
Of, pertaining to, or causing pathogenesis.
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pathogenic
Able to cause (harmful) disease.
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pathognomonic
Diagnostic beyond any doubt for a particular disease.
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pestiferous
Morally evil or deadly; pernicious.
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semeiotic
Of or pertaining to semeiotics
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symptomatic
Constituting a symptom, as of a disease:
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syndromic
Of or pertaining to a syndrome.
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unwholesome
Suggestive of disease or bad health:
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debility
The state of being weak or feeble; infirmity.
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endemic
An endemic plant or animal
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ergot
A fungus (Claviceps purpurea) that infects rye as well as other cereal grasses fed to livestock. Ergot forms sclerotia (masses of hyphae) that replace individual seeds in the spike of the infected plant and contain a complex mixture of alkaloids, several of which are medicinally important. Ergot is the basic source of ergotamine and lysergic acid. Ingestion of infected rye produces convulsions, hallucinations, and severe vasoconstriction that can lead to gangrene. Ergot poisoning may have been responsible for outbreaks of mass hysteria and reports of demonic visions in medieval Europe.
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morbus
A pathological condition of mind or body
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pandemic
A pandemic disease; a disease that hits a wide geographical area and affects a large proportion of the population.
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pathosis
A pathological condition of mind or body
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pest
An organism, typically an insect, that sickens or annoys humans, hampers human activities, damages crops or food products, harms livestock, or causes damage to buildings.
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ill
Sick people considered as a group. Often used with the.
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tuberculosis (related)
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Synonym Study

  • Ailment refers to a chronic, annoying disorder of whatever degree of seriousness the minor ailments of the aged
  • Malady usually refers to a deep-seated chronic disease, frequently one that is ultimately fatal
  • Condition and affection refer to a disorder of a specific organ or part a heart condition, an affection of the spleen
  • Disease may apply generally to any deviation of the body from its normal or healthy state, or it may refer to a particular disorder with a specific cause and characteristic symptoms
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  • Given all this, do you really believe this disease still has a chance?

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  • Until you can prove you've got some damn disease, you're on leave without pay.

  • A world without hunger, disease, ignorance, poverty, and war is not a perfect world.

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