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disease

[dih-zeez] / dɪˈziz /


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"I have heart disease, high blood pressure and problems with my eyes," she said.

From Barron's Jul. 25, 2026

Between 2020 and May 2026, Comwel ruled that 46 warehouse and delivery workers, including Jang, died of a stroke or heart disease that count as work-related deaths.

From BBC Jul. 24, 2026

Measles cases in the U.S. just set a depressing record, making 2026 the worst year for the disease since the Soviet Union collapsed.

From Slate Jul. 24, 2026

Measles cases have hit a record in the United States not seen since 1991, nearly a decade before the viral disease was declared eliminated.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 24, 2026

Has Ridge Sabio been inoculated against disease and infection common in this time period?

From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly

A small Australian biotech started to test it 15 years ago as a treatment for retinitis pigmentosa, a group of rare genetic eye diseases, although that research did not pan out.

From MarketWatch Jul. 24, 2026

DNA damage and cellular senescence are increasingly recognized as major contributors to aging and age-related diseases, including Alzheimer's disease.

From Science Daily Jul. 24, 2026

“Hopefully, that won’t happen. But I think that’s what we’re worried about,” said Chin-Hong, a UC San Francisco infectious diseases expert.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 24, 2026

Weight loss, inflammation, muscle and bone related illnesses, chemical imbalance due to kidney malfunction, infectious diseases caused by parasites were a few among them, he said.

From BBC Jul. 22, 2026

They need water and soap to wash with every now and then, or else they have to struggle with parasites and diseases.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

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

These findings suggest that the most effective treatment may not be preventing diseased cells from releasing Tau.

From Science Daily Jun. 30, 2026

Research focused on using chemotherapy and radiation to wipe out diseased bone marrow, then infusing healthy donor cells to create a new immune system capable of attacking cancer and rebuilding the body’s defenses.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 19, 2026

However, there was ongoing debate about whether it mainly transported potassium ions or protons, and how those movements affected cell function in both healthy and diseased states.

From Science Daily Mar. 26, 2026

It smelled of sulfur and the water looked muddy and diseased.

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray

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 Allen, Martha Meir

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 Simms, William Gilmore




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