disease

noun [C/U]

/dɪˈziz/

Definition

› a condition of a person, animal, or plant in which its body or structure is harmed because an organ or part is unable to work as it usually does; an illness: [C] Mumps is an infectious disease. [U] He suffers from heart disease. [U] Hundreds of thousands of trees died from Dutch elm disease.

(Definition of disease noun from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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