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adjective
- 1. suffering from disease: "diseased trees"
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4 days ago · disease, any harmful deviation from the normal structural or functional state of an organism, generally associated with certain signs and symptoms and differing in nature from physical injury. A diseased organism commonly exhibits signs or symptoms indicative of its abnormal state.
5 days ago · Death is the end of life; the irreversible cessation of all biological functions that sustain a living organism. [1] . The remains of a former organism normally begin to decompose shortly after death. [2] . Death eventually and inevitably occurs in all organisms.
Jul 24, 2024 · An infectious disease, also known as a transmissible disease or communicable disease, is an illness resulting from an infection. Infections can be caused by a wide range of pathogens, most prominently bacteria and viruses. [2] . Hosts can fight infections using their immune systems.
Jul 2, 2024 · Understanding illness and injury. People may experience ill health (morbidity) as a disease/disorder or injury. There are many diseases that can afflict the human body, ranging from colds to cancers. The 2 main categories of disease are infectious (communicable or not) and chronic, and some diseases are both, such as HIV (see glossary ).
Jul 21, 2024 · a person suffering from an illness.
4 days ago · They define Alzheimer's disease through three major stages: preclinical, mild cognitive impairment (MCI), and Alzheimer's dementia. Diagnosis in the preclinical stage is complex and focuses on asymptomatic individuals; the latter two stages describe individuals experiencing symptoms.
Jul 24, 2024 · Disease - Control, Prevention, Treatment: Most diseases are preventable to a greater or lesser degree, the chief exceptions being the idiopathic diseases, such as the inherited metabolic defects. In the case of those diseases resulting from environmental exposures, prevention is a matter of eliminating, or sharply reducing, the ...
Jul 25, 2024 · Diseases are abnormal conditions that have a specific set of signs and symptoms. Diseases can have an external cause, such as an infection, or an internal cause, such as...
Jul 8, 2024 · The term “cancer” refers to diseases in which abnormal cells divide without control, losing their ability to regulate their own growth, control cell division, and communicate with other cells. Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the United States ( General Mortality indicator).
Jul 19, 2024 · Prosthesis, artificial substitute for a missing part of the body. The artificial parts that are most commonly thought of as prostheses are those that replace lost arms and legs, but bone, artery, and heart valve replacements are common, and artificial eyes and teeth are also correctly termed prostheses.
