OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 781

disease

/dɪˈziːz/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
dolencia • enfermedad • mal
An abnormal condition of a human, animal or plant that causes discomfort or dysfunction; distinct from injury insofar as the latter is usually instantaneously acquired.
The instability, injustice, and confusion, introduced into the public councils, have, in truth, been the mortal diseases under which popular governments have every where perished;…
The tomato plants had some kind of disease that left their leaves splotchy and fruit withered.
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