Disease
noun
A condition that affects a living organism's body, causing it to stop functioning normally.
Heart disease is a common cause of death.
Often appears as...
- chronic disease
- infectious disease
noun
A particular quality or habit that is bad or undesirable.
Greed is a disease that can consume a person.
Often appears as...
- disease of greed
- disease of the mind
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Disapproving
noun
A harmful influence or cause of harm.
Violence is a disease in our society.
Often appears as...
- disease of violence
- disease of corruption
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Disapproving
noun
A condition that affects a living organism's body, causing it to stop functioning normally.
Heart disease is a common cause of death.
Often appears as...
- chronic disease
- infectious disease
noun
A particular quality or habit that is bad or undesirable.
Greed is a disease that can consume a person.
Often appears as...
- disease of greed
- disease of the mind
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
A harmful influence or cause of harm.
Violence is a disease in our society.
Often appears as...
- disease of violence
- disease of corruption
Usage tips
Disapproving
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Pro Tip 1/3Physical Ailment
Refers to actual illnesses or disorders affecting the body or mind, not metaphorical issues.
Malaria is a disease spread by mosquitoes.
Pro Tip 2/3Medical Context
Most often used in healthcare and medicine to discuss symptoms and treatments.
The doctor specialized in tropical diseases.
Pro Tip 3/3Severity and Duration
Can imply chronic or acute conditions; some diseases can be lifelong, others temporary.
Diabetes is a chronic disease with various treatment options.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Ailment
Refers to actual illnesses or disorders affecting the body or mind, not metaphorical issues.
Malaria is a disease spread by mosquitoes.
Pro Tip 2/3Medical Context
Most often used in healthcare and medicine to discuss symptoms and treatments.
The doctor specialized in tropical diseases.
Pro Tip 3/3Severity and Duration
Can imply chronic or acute conditions; some diseases can be lifelong, others temporary.
Diabetes is a chronic disease with various treatment options.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Ailment
Refers to actual illnesses or disorders affecting the body or mind, not metaphorical issues.
Malaria is a disease spread by mosquitoes.
Pro Tip 2/3Medical Context
Most often used in healthcare and medicine to discuss symptoms and treatments.
The doctor specialized in tropical diseases.
Pro Tip 3/3Severity and Duration
Can imply chronic or acute conditions; some diseases can be lifelong, others temporary.
Diabetes is a chronic disease with various treatment options.
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The benefits of a...
and more activity in certain regions when engaging a second language. The heightened workout a bilingual brain receives throughout its life can also help delay the onset of diseases, like Alzheimer's and dementia by as much as five years. The idea of major cognitive benefits to bilingualism may seem intuitive now,
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The past, present and...
But the plague also had an important biological impact. The sudden death of so many of the most frail and vulnerable people left behind a population with a significantly different gene pool, including genes that may have helped survivors resist the disease. And because such mutations often confer immunities
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How we conquered the...
he heard a dairy maid say, "I shall never have smallpox, for I have had cowpox. I shall never have an ugly, pockmarked face." Cowpox is a skin disease that resembles smallpox and infects cows. Later on, as a physician, he realized that she was right, women who got cowpox didn't develop
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How to control someone...
that's 20 percent of the entire world, will have a neurological disorder. And there are zero cures for these diseases. And so it seems that what we should be doing is reaching back earlier in the eduction process and teaching students about neuroscience so that in the future,
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Learning from smallpox:...
The story of smallpox, the first and, so far, the only disease to be permanently eradicated from the world, shows how disease eradication can happen and why it is so difficult to achieve. Smallpox emerged in human populations thousands of years ago
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The psychological weight...
sent home with a diet a prescription and a little booklet about my disease and as i dug into it i learned a dirty little truth two actually the first says in america if you're diagnosed with type 2 diabetes you carry the same health risk
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Surf Sisters - Ep. 2 PIPE...
Sober reminder of how deadly this disease is. My twin sister Audrey, she had such a big heart. Growing up, we used to call each other our built-in best friends for life. 'Cause we always thought that we would have each other,
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Why sitting is bad for...
Recent studies have found that sitting for long periods is linked with some types of cancers and heart disease and can contribute to diabetes, kidney and liver problems. In fact, researchers have worked out that, worldwide,
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What we know (and don't...
Like yellow fever or dengue, the disease caused by the Ebola virus is a severe type of hemorrhagic fever. It begins by attacking the immune system's cells and neutralizing its responses, allowing the virus to proliferate.
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Beloved Rhino Prepares...
over 70 percent of the entire world population is in one park in india and if that park got hit by disease flooding civil war it could be disastrous and if that happened captive-bred rhinos like behan's baby
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The benefits of a...
and more activity in certain regions when engaging a second language. The heightened workout a bilingual brain receives throughout its life can also help delay the onset of diseases, like Alzheimer's and dementia by as much as five years. The idea of major cognitive benefits to bilingualism may seem intuitive now,
Video examples
The past, present and...
But the plague also had an important biological impact. The sudden death of so many of the most frail and vulnerable people left behind a population with a significantly different gene pool, including genes that may have helped survivors resist the disease. And because such mutations often confer immunities
Video examples
How we conquered the...
he heard a dairy maid say, "I shall never have smallpox, for I have had cowpox. I shall never have an ugly, pockmarked face." Cowpox is a skin disease that resembles smallpox and infects cows. Later on, as a physician, he realized that she was right, women who got cowpox didn't develop
Video examples
How to control someone...
that's 20 percent of the entire world, will have a neurological disorder. And there are zero cures for these diseases. And so it seems that what we should be doing is reaching back earlier in the eduction process and teaching students about neuroscience so that in the future,
Video examples
Learning from smallpox:...
The story of smallpox, the first and, so far, the only disease to be permanently eradicated from the world, shows how disease eradication can happen and why it is so difficult to achieve. Smallpox emerged in human populations thousands of years ago
Video examples
The psychological weight...
sent home with a diet a prescription and a little booklet about my disease and as i dug into it i learned a dirty little truth two actually the first says in america if you're diagnosed with type 2 diabetes you carry the same health risk
Video examples
Surf Sisters - Ep. 2 PIPE...
Sober reminder of how deadly this disease is. My twin sister Audrey, she had such a big heart. Growing up, we used to call each other our built-in best friends for life. 'Cause we always thought that we would have each other,
Video examples
Why sitting is bad for...
Recent studies have found that sitting for long periods is linked with some types of cancers and heart disease and can contribute to diabetes, kidney and liver problems. In fact, researchers have worked out that, worldwide,
Video examples
What we know (and don't...
Like yellow fever or dengue, the disease caused by the Ebola virus is a severe type of hemorrhagic fever. It begins by attacking the immune system's cells and neutralizing its responses, allowing the virus to proliferate.
Video examples
Beloved Rhino Prepares...
over 70 percent of the entire world population is in one park in india and if that park got hit by disease flooding civil war it could be disastrous and if that happened captive-bred rhinos like behan's baby
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Elon Musk
South African Businessman
If anyone thinks they'd rather be in a different part of history, they're probably not a very good student of history. Life sucked in the old days. People knew very little, and you were likely to die at a young age of some horrible disease. You'd probably have no teeth by now. It would be particularly awful if you were a woman.
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Joe Rogan
American Comedian
What's interesting about science is that we're constantly discovering new things about the universe, about ourselves, about our bodies, about diseases, about the possibilities of the future. It's amazing. Science is one of the coolest things about being a human being - without a doubt.
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Yuvraj Singh
Indian Athlete
I cried like a baby. When no one could see me or hear me. Not because I feared what cancer would do, but because I didn't want the disease. I wanted my life to be normal, which it could no longer be.
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Sophocles
Greek Poet
There are some who praise a man free from disease; to me no man who is poor seems free from disease but to be constantly sick.
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Megan McKenna
English Celebrity
I'm always going to have Coeliac disease, it's a serious thing and it's life changing.
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Thomas Mann
German Writer
All interest in disease and death is only another expression of interest in life.
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William Lyon Phelps
American Educator
The fear of life is the favorite disease of the 20th century.
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Vinnie Jones
British Actor
Awareness about heart disease has got to be raised.
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Julie Bowen
American Actress
I suffer the terrible disease of low self-esteem.
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Abraham Cowley
English Poet
Life is an incurable disease.
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Elon Musk
South African Businessman
If anyone thinks they'd rather be in a different part of history, they're probably not a very good student of history. Life sucked in the old days. People knew very little, and you were likely to die at a young age of some horrible disease. You'd probably have no teeth by now. It would be particularly awful if you were a woman.
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Joe Rogan
American Comedian
What's interesting about science is that we're constantly discovering new things about the universe, about ourselves, about our bodies, about diseases, about the possibilities of the future. It's amazing. Science is one of the coolest things about being a human being - without a doubt.
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Yuvraj Singh
Indian Athlete
I cried like a baby. When no one could see me or hear me. Not because I feared what cancer would do, but because I didn't want the disease. I wanted my life to be normal, which it could no longer be.
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Sophocles
Greek Poet
There are some who praise a man free from disease; to me no man who is poor seems free from disease but to be constantly sick.
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Megan McKenna
English Celebrity
I'm always going to have Coeliac disease, it's a serious thing and it's life changing.
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Thomas Mann
German Writer
All interest in disease and death is only another expression of interest in life.
Quote examples
William Lyon Phelps
American Educator
The fear of life is the favorite disease of the 20th century.
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Vinnie Jones
British Actor
Awareness about heart disease has got to be raised.
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Julie Bowen
American Actress
I suffer the terrible disease of low self-esteem.
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Abraham Cowley
English Poet
Life is an incurable disease.
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