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<p><b>2.</b> <def>An alteration in the state of the body or of some of its organs, interrupting or disturbing the performance of the vital functions, and causing or threatening pain and weakness; malady; affection; illness; sickness; disorder; -- applied figuratively to the mind, to the moral character and habits, to institutions, the state, etc.</def>

<blockquote><b>Diseases</b> desperate grown, By desperate appliances are relieved. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The instability, injustice, and confusion introduced into the public counsels have, in truth, been the mortal <b>diseases</b> under which popular governments have every where perished. <i>Madison.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Disease germ</col>. <cd>See under <er>Germ</er>.</cd></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- Distemper; ailing; ailment; malady; disorder; sickness; illness; complaint; indisposition; affection. -- <er>Disease</er>, <er>Disorder</er>, <er>Distemper</er>, <er>Malady</er>, <er>Affection</er>. <i>Disease</i> is the leading medical term. <i>Disorder</i> mean<?/ much the same, with perhaps some slight reference to an <i>irregularity</i> of the system. <i>Distemper</i> is now used by physicians only of the diseases of animals. <i>Malady</i> is not a medical term, and is less used than formerly in literature. <i>Affection</i> has special reference to the part, organ, or function disturbed; <as>as, his <ex>disease</ex> is an <ex>affection</ex> of the lungs</as>. A <i>disease</i> is usually deep-seated and permanent, or at least prolonged; a <i>disorder</i> is often slight, partial, and temporary; <i>malady</i> has less of a technical sense than the other terms, and refers more especially to the suffering endured. In a figurative sense we speak of a <i>disease</i> mind, of <i>disordered</i> faculties, and of mental <i>maladies</i>.</syn>

<h1>Disease</h1> <Xpage=423>

<hw>Dis*ease"</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Diseased</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Diseasing</er>.]</wordforms>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To deprive of ease; to disquiet; to trouble; to distress.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>His double burden did him sore <b>disease</b>. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To derange the vital functions of; to afflict with disease or sickness; to disorder; -- used almost exclusively in the participle <i>diseased</i>.</def>

<blockquote>He was <b>diseased</b> in body and mind. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Dis*eased"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Afflicted with disease.</def>

<blockquote>It is my own <b>diseased</b> imagination that torments me. <i>W. Irving.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- See <er>Morbid</er>.</syn>

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<hw>Dis*eas"ed*ness</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state of being diseased; a morbid state; sickness.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>T. Burnet.</i>

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<hw>Dis*ease"ful</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Causing uneasiness.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Disgraceful to the king and <b>diseaseful</b> to the people. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Abounding with disease; producing diseases; <as>as, a <ex>diseaseful</ex> climate</as>.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

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<hw>Dis*ease"ful*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being diseaseful; trouble; trial.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Sir P. Sidney.</i>

<h1>Diseasement</h1> <Xpage=423>

<hw>Dis*ease"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Uneasiness; inconvenience.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bacon.</i>