disease
English
/dɪˈziːz/, /dɪˈziz/
noun
Definitions
- (pathology) An abnormal condition of a human, animal or plant that causes discomfort or dysfunction; distinct from injury insofar as the latter is usually instantaneously acquired.
- (by extension) Any abnormal or harmful condition, as of society, people's attitudes, way of living etc.
- Lack of ease; uneasiness; trouble; vexation; disquiet.
Etymology
Derived from Middle English disese derived from desese, disaise derived from Old French desaise prefix from English ease.
Origin
English
ease
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- adle English
- antidisease English
- coath English
- disease-free English
- disease-ridden English
- diseased English
- diseasedly English
- diseasedness English
- diseaseful English
- diseasefulness English
- diseaseless English
- diseaselessness English
- diseaselike English
- diseasement English
- diseaseth English
- diseasome English
- ease English
- easeful English
- easeless English
- easen English
- easer English
- easesome English
- easest English
- easeth English
- easify English
- easy English
- heartsease English
- lime English
- lime disease English
- neurodisease English
- nondisease English
- nondiseased English
- predisease English
- undiseased English
- unease English
- von Willebrand English
- von Willebrand disease English
- corona Latin
- coronavirus Latin
- virus Latin
- Korona German
- korona Hungarian
- κορώνη Ancient Greek
- *aidlō Proto-Germanic
- *kuþō Proto-Germanic
- adlian Old English
- adlig Old English
- circuladl Old English
- coþu Old English
- fotadl Old English
- ielfadl Old English
- lenctenadl Old English
- wæteradl Old English
- ādl Old English
- adle Middle English
- cothe Middle English
- disese Middle English
- ese Middle English
- quath Middle English
- krúna Old Norse
- aise Old French
- desaise Old French
- kóróna Icelandic
- krōna Old High German
- COVID Translingual
- Coronavirus Translingual
- corann Old Irish
- krúna Faroese
- coroune xno
- desese, disaise xno
- corona Aragonese
- ease
- easy
- adle
- lime
- easen
- coath
- easer
- easeth
- easify
- unease
- easest
- easeful
- diseased
- easesome
- easeless
- diseaseth
- diseasome
- heartsease
- undiseased
- predisease
- diseasedly
- nondisease
- diseaseful
- diseaseless
- diseasement
- diseaselike
- nondiseased
- antidisease
- neurodisease
- lime disease
- diseasedness
- disease-free
- diseasefulness
- disease-ridden
- von Willebrand
- diseaselessness
- von Willebrand disease