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diseased

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dis⋅eased

  [di-zeezd]
–adjective
having or affected with disease.
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Origin:
1425–75; late ME disesed; cf. AF diseasé. See disease, -ed 2

dis⋅ease

  [di-zeez] noun, verb, -eased, -eas⋅ing.
–noun
1. a disordered or incorrectly functioning organ, part, structure, or system of the body resulting from the effect of genetic or developmental errors, infection, poisons, nutritional deficiency or imbalance, toxicity, or unfavorable environmental factors; illness; sickness; ailment.
2. any abnormal condition in a plant that interferes with its vital physiological processes, caused by pathogenic microorganisms, parasites, unfavorable environmental, genetic, or nutritional factors, etc.
3. any harmful, depraved, or morbid condition, as of the mind or society: His fascination with executions is a disease.
4. decomposition of a material under special circumstances: tin disease.
–verb (used with object)
5. to affect with disease; make ill.
Origin:
1300–50; ME disese < AF dese(a)se, disaise; see dis- 1 , ease

Related forms:
dis⋅eas⋅ed⋅ly, adverb
dis⋅eas⋅ed⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. morbidity, complaint, derangement, distemper, indisposition, infirmity, disorder, malady.

Antonyms:
1. health. 5. cure.
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dis·eased   (dĭ-zēzd')   
adj.  

  1. Affected with disease.

  2. Unsound or disordered.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History

disease 
c.1330, "discomfort," from O.Fr. desaise, from des- "without, away" + aise "ease" (see ease). Sense of "sickness, illness" first recorded 1393; the word still sometimes was used in its lit. sense early 17c.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: dis·ease
Pronunciation: diz-'Ez
Function: noun
: an impairment of the normal state of the living animal or plant body or one of its partsthat interrupts or modifies the performance of the vital functions and is a response to environmental factors (as malnutrition, industrial hazards, or climate), to specific infective agents (as worms,bacteria, or viruses), to inherent defects of the organism (as genetic anomalies), or to combinations of these factors : SICKNESS, ILLNESS called also morbus; —compare HEALTH 1 —dis·eased /-'Ezd/ adjective
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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disease dis·ease (dĭ-zēz')
n.
A pathological condition of a body part, an organ, or a system resulting from various causes, such as infection, genetic defect, or environmental stress, and characterized by an identifiable group of signs or symptoms.

diseased dis·eased (dĭ-zēzd')
adj.

  1. Affected with disease.

  2. Unsound or disordered.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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