Disease synonyms and antonyms
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An outbreak of a disease or illness that spreads rapidly among individuals in an area or population at the same time.
A malady or disease
A disease.
functional disorder
A pathological condition of mind or body
A number of symptoms occurring together and characterizing a specific disease or condition
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A complicated condition or structure; complex, involved, or confused relationship of parts
An unwholesome condition:
unhealthiness
The state of being unhealthy.
(Medicine, archaic) Disease; morbid symptom; malady.
pathological case
A pathological condition of mind or body
psychosomatic illness
A pathological condition of mind or body
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Disorder or disturbance, especially of a social or political nature.
The quality or state of being infirm; feebleness; weakness
A minor ailment.
A grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining.
The state of being unsound
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A highly infectious epidemic disease, especially one with a high rate of fatality; a pestilence.
A pernicious, evil influence or agent.
A disease resulting from
nervous disorder
A pathological condition of mind or body
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
An episode or onset of a disease, often sudden in nature.
Of, relating to, or manifesting behavior that is habitual, maladaptive, and compulsive:
The quality or condition of being malignant
vigor (antonym)
Effective legal or binding force; validity
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A breach of public peace; riot
(US) A period of illness, or sudden interval of bad spirits, disease etc. [from 19th c.]
The act or an instance of seizing or the condition of being seized.
Constant function, one-valued function (in automata theory) (in particular application causing a reset)
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.
Pathology is defined as a branch of medical science that studies the nature, effects, causes and consequences of disease.
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(Countable) All the symptoms of a particular disease.
The illness or disease so produced:
strength (antonym)
The capacity to resist strain or stress; durability:
complex (related)
An exaggerated or obsessive concern or fear.
insanity (related)
The definition of insanity is having a serious mental illness or being extremely foolish.
(Comput.) Of or having to do with the use of computer diagnostics
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Unsound or disordered.
Having leprosy
Having or showing ill will; malicious:
malingering
morbific
That causes disease; sickening, pathogenic.
pathogenetic
Of, pertaining to, or causing pathogenesis.
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Able to cause (harmful) disease.
pathognomonic
Diagnostic beyond any doubt for a particular disease.
Morally evil or deadly; pernicious.
semeiotic
Of or pertaining to semeiotics
Constituting a symptom, as of a disease:
syndromic
Of or pertaining to a syndrome.
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Suggestive of disease or bad health:
The state of being weak or feeble; infirmity.
An endemic plant or animal
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.
morbus
A pathological condition of mind or body
pathosis
A pathological condition of mind or body
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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.
Sick people considered as a group. Often used with the.
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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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