organic disease


nounPathology.
  1. a disease in which there is a structural alteration (opposed to functional disease).

Origin of organic disease

1
First recorded in 1835–45

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British Dictionary definitions for organic disease

organic disease

noun
  1. any disease in which there is a physical change in the structure of an organ or part: Compare functional disease

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