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Noun: disease  di'zeez
  1. An impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning
    "science has given us new tools to fight disease"

Derived forms: diseases

Type of: illness, malady, sickness, unwellness

Encyclopedia: Disease, Tropical

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