disease

1. An impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning (synset 114093842)
   is a type of: illness, malady, sickness, unwellness - impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism
   subtypes:

   • disease of the neuromuscular junction - a disease characterized by impairment of neuromuscular junctions
   • aspergillosis - disease especially in agricultural workers caused by inhalation of Aspergillus spores causing lumps in skin and ears and respiratory organs
   • anthrax - a disease of humans that is not communicable; caused by infection with Bacillus anthracis followed by septicemia
   • blackwater - any of several human or animal diseases characterized by dark urine resulting from rapid breakdown of red blood cells
   • cat scratch disease - a disease thought to be transmitted to humans by a scratch from a cat
   • complication - any disease or disorder that occurs during the course of (or because of) another disease
   • crud - an ill-defined bodily ailment
   • endemic, endemic disease - a disease that is constantly present to a greater or lesser degree in people of a certain class or in people living in a particular location
   • enteropathy - a disease of the intestinal tract
   • incompetence - inability of a part or organ to function properly
   • kawasaki disease, mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome - an acute disease of young children characterized by a rash and swollen lymph nodes and fever; of unknown cause
   • pycnosis, pyknosis - a degenerative state of the cell nucleus
   • boutonneuse fever, indian tick fever, kenya fever, marseilles fever - a disease (common in India and around the Mediterranean area) caused by a rickettsia that is transmitted to humans by a reddish brown tick (ixodid) that lives on dogs and other mammals
   • meniere's disease - a disease of the inner ear characterized by episodes of dizziness and tinnitus and progressive hearing loss (usually unilateral)
   • milk sickness - caused by consuming milk from cattle suffering from trembles
   • mimesis - any disease that shows symptoms characteristic of another disease
   • industrial disease, occupational disease - disease or disability resulting from conditions of employment (usually from long exposure to a noxious substance or from continuous repetition of certain acts)
   • onychosis - any disease or disorder of the nails
   • rheumatism - any painful disorder of the joints or muscles or connective tissues
   • periarteritis nodosa, polyarteritis nodosa - a progressive disease of connective tissue that is characterized by nodules along arteries; nodules may block the artery and result in inadequate circulation to the particular area
   • periodontal disease, periodontitis - a disease that attacks the gum and bone and around the teeth
   • liver disease - a disease affecting the liver
   • communicable disease - a disease that can be communicated from one person to another
   • exanthema subitum, pseudorubella, roseola infantilis, roseola infantum - a viral disease of infants and young children; characterized by abrupt high fever and mild sore throat; a few days later there is a faint pinkish rash that lasts for a few hours to a few days
   • respiratory disease, respiratory disorder, respiratory illness - a disease affecting the respiratory system
   • congenital disease, genetic abnormality, genetic defect, genetic disease, genetic disorder, hereditary condition, hereditary disease, inherited disease, inherited disorder - a disease or disorder that is inherited genetically
   • inflammatory disease - a disease characterized by inflammation
   • autoimmune disease, autoimmune disorder - any of a large group of diseases characterized by abnormal functioning of the immune system that causes your immune system to produce antibodies against your own tissues
   • deficiency disease - any disease caused by a lack of an essential nutrient (as a vitamin or mineral)
   • cystic breast disease, cystic mastitis, fibrocystic breast disease, fibrocystic disease of the breast - the presence of one or more cysts in a breast
   • goiter, goitre, struma, thyromegaly - abnormally enlarged thyroid gland; can result from underproduction or overproduction of hormone or from a deficiency of iodine in the diet
   • pappataci fever, phlebotomus, sandfly fever - a mild viral disease transmitted by the bite of the sand fly Phlebotomus papatasii
   • disease of the skin, skin disease, skin disorder - a disease affecting the skin
   • malignance, malignancy - (medicine) a malignant state; progressive and resistant to treatment and tending to cause death
   • eye disease - any disease of the eye
   • animal disease - a disease that typically does not affect human beings
   • plant disease - a disease that affects plants
   • ozaena, ozena - a chronic disease of the nose characterized by a foul-smelling nasal discharge and atrophy of nasal structures
   • filariasis - a disease caused by nematodes in the blood or tissues of the body causing blockage of lymphatic vessels
   has:

   • symptom - (medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease
   • sign - (medicine) any objective evidence of the presence of a disorder or disease
   • syndrome - a pattern of symptoms indicative of some disease

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