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disease

[dih-zeez] / dɪˈziz /


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The biotechnology company tumbled 10%, its biggest one-day decline in more than 25 years, after a competitor’s heart disease drug failed a clinical trial, casting doubt on similar drugs under development.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 8, 2026

Many patients survive the disease, but prostate cancer can sometimes spread to other parts of the body and become metastatic.

From Science Daily Sep. 8, 2026

According to the researchers, that durability suggests the technique could potentially be developed into a longer-term treatment for liver disease.

From Science Daily Sep. 7, 2026

They include the health economist whose data on genetics and disease are weaponized by people she never meant to arm.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 7, 2026

Multiple recurrences of the disease kept his heart weak and his health precarious.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

Lisa Vincent, who set up the community interest company after hearing stories of children presenting with diseases caused by malnutrition, said the situation was "unacceptable" and she wanted the challenge to raise awareness.

From BBC Sep. 7, 2026

Research suggests diseases can alter the chemicals released by the body, creating distinctive odours.

From Barron's Sep. 7, 2026

Reduced plasmalogen levels have also been observed in several neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease.

From Science Daily Sep. 4, 2026

Company executives and U.S. officials said that strict rules could strangle an industry capable of supercharging global growth and curing diseases.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 4, 2026

If I so much as sneezed, she would rattle off a list of infectious diseases that would have me in the grave by nightfall.

From "Between Shades of Gray" by Ruta Sepetys

He is also concerned about unregulated nurseries selling unidentified, or diseased plants.

From BBC Sep. 4, 2026

Those changes were even more pronounced in diseased livers.

From Science Daily Sep. 3, 2026

He removed the tumour and part of the diseased jawbone, but the electrochemotherapy was administered to target any remaining cancerous cells.

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

Wacky animal sidekicks once felt vibrant in a holistic world of artifice; here, a goggle-eyed rooster just looks diseased.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 9, 2026

For a long time I thought she was diseased.

From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston

They provide for your wants, hearken to your complaints, nurture you in sickness, with a diseasing fondness, and so render you incapable.

From Charlemont; Or, the Pride of the Village. a Tale of Kentucky by William Gilmore Simms

In either case we have diabetes, the sugar irritating and diseasing the kidneys as it passes.”

From Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why What Medical Writers Say by Martha Meir Allen




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