disease
Pathological bodily condition
Disease is a condition in which the body or mind functions abnormally, causing discomfort, dysfunction, or distress.
Diseases may be caused by infection, genetics, environment, or lifestyle: heart disease, infectious disease, Alzheimer's disease.
The word extends to unhealthy conditions in plants, animals, or systems.
Figuratively, disease describes corrupting social problems: Racism is a disease.
Sending of information
- contagionDisease spread by contact
- virusMicroscopic infectious agent
- bacteriaNucleus-free single-celled organisms
- pathogenDisease-causing microorganism
microbe · spread · outbreak · contagious · carrier · vector · quarantine · incubation
State of poor health
- ailmentMinor health problem
- sicknessBodily disorder or disease
- maladyA bodily affliction
- afflictionCause of ongoing distress
disorder · condition · syndrome · infirmity · pathology · complaint · malaise · dysfunction
Deadly epidemic disease
- pestilenceFatal epidemic disease
- Black DeathMedieval bubonic plague pandemic
- bubonicOf groin-node swellings
- smallpoxDeadly pustular viral infection
cholera · typhus · leprosy · consumption · scurvy · polio · quarantine · sanatorium
Medical treatment facility
- patientAble to wait calmly
- diagnosisIdentification of illness
- treatmentCare for an ailment
- therapyCurative mental treatment
clinic · ward · admission · discharge · prognosis · oncology · pathology · radiology
Metabolic disorder affecting glucose
- arthritisInflamed joint disease
- hypertensionChronic elevated arterial pressure
- asthmaChronic lung inflammation
- COPDChronic obstructive pulmonary disease
autoimmune · fibromyalgia · lupus · Crohn's · multiple sclerosis · Parkinson's · epilepsy · long-term
Passed through generations
- inheritedReceived from forebears
- mutationPermanent DNA alteration
- chromosomeDNA strand carrying genes
- DNAHereditary code molecule
gene · congenital · familial · cystic fibrosis · sickle cell · Huntington's · hemophilia · Tay-Sachs
Degenerative brain disease
- dementiaChronic cognitive impairment
- Parkinson'sNeurodegenerative motor disorder
- Huntington'sInherited neurodegenerative condition
- ALSMotor neuron disease
multiple sclerosis · motor neuron · cognitive decline · tremor · memory loss · neurodegeneration · plaque · tangle
transmission
Sending of information
- contagionDisease spread by contact
- virusMicroscopic infectious agent
- bacteriaNucleus-free single-celled organisms
pathogen · microbe · spread · outbreak · contagious · carrier · vector · quarantine · incubation · exposure
illness
State of poor health
affliction · disorder · condition · syndrome · infirmity · pathology · complaint · malaise · dysfunction · impairment
plague
Deadly epidemic disease
- pestilenceFatal epidemic disease
- Black DeathMedieval bubonic plague pandemic
- bubonicOf groin-node swellings
smallpox · cholera · typhus · leprosy · consumption · scurvy · polio · quarantine · sanatorium · epidemic
hospital
Medical treatment facility
therapy · clinic · ward · admission · discharge · prognosis · oncology · pathology · radiology · specialist
diabetes
Metabolic disorder affecting glucose
- arthritisInflamed joint disease
- hypertensionChronic elevated arterial pressure
- asthmaChronic lung inflammation
COPD · autoimmune · fibromyalgia · lupus · Crohn's · multiple sclerosis · Parkinson's · epilepsy · long-term · degenerative
hereditary
Passed through generations
- inheritedReceived from forebears
- mutationPermanent DNA alteration
- chromosomeDNA strand carrying genes
DNA · gene · congenital · familial · cystic fibrosis · sickle cell · Huntington's · hemophilia · Tay-Sachs · Down syndrome
Alzheimer's
Degenerative brain disease
- dementiaChronic cognitive impairment
- Parkinson'sNeurodegenerative motor disorder
- Huntington'sInherited neurodegenerative condition
ALS · multiple sclerosis · motor neuron · cognitive decline · tremor · memory loss · neurodegeneration · plaque · tangle · dopamine
- healthcaredoctors, nurses, hospitals, hospital, clinic
- medicinedoctor, doctors, hospital, medicine, surgery
- global healthpandemic, World Health Organization, medications, pandemics, epidemic
- Health Threatsepidemic, pandemic, virus, outbreak, epidemics
- illnesssickness, illness, ailment, disorder, malady
- public healthimmunization, health education, epidemiology, community health, health policy
diseasehealth
Condition of body, mind
wellness · healthiness · well-being · fitness · soundness
- heart diseaseMalfunction of blood-pumping organ
- social diseaseInfection spread through intimacy
- degenerative diseasesConditions causing gradual deterioration
- disease outbreakRapid spread of illness
- gum diseaseInfection of mouth tissue
- mad cow diseaseFatal bovine neurological disorder
diseased, diseases, infectious disease, tropical disease, disease-ridden, rare disease, chronic disease, disease-free, undiseased