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disease

[dih-zeez] / dɪˈziz /


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Republicans asked Fauci about shifting health guidance, which changed during the pandemic as health officials learned more about the disease.

From BBC Jul. 30, 2026

They talk of the importance of exercise and unprocessed food to defeat chronic disease.

From Slate Jul. 29, 2026

John Barry was diagnosed with dementia in 2018 and died from the disease in 2024.

From BBC Jul. 29, 2026

Soon it will increasingly help discover new knowledge—from discovering new drugs to cure a family member’s disease to finding new ways to improve your business.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 28, 2026

“Diabetes mellitus—commonly referred to as diabetes—is a costly, silent killer. This complex but common disease occurs when a cat’s body either doesn’t produce or doesn’t properly use insulin.”

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas

The results could also offer clues about neurodegenerative diseases.

From Science Daily Jul. 29, 2026

Jones: I think we’ll see more diseases start coming back that we thought we had gotten rid of.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2026

The effort comes as climate change creates more favourable conditions for mosquitoes to survive and reproduce, increasing concerns about the spread of mosquito-borne diseases.

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

Argenx said the drug has potential to address multiple autoimmune diseases.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 27, 2026

Or if one wished to think biologically rather than architecturally, the body politic had yet to develop its immunities to the political diseases afflicting all new nations.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

Professor of Molecular & Integrative Physiology, graduate student researcher Jessica Maung, Ph.D., and a broader collaborative team to investigate what happens inside diseased fat tissue.

From Science Daily Jul. 26, 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

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

From Science Daily Jun. 30, 2026

And just four years earlier, she had had a procedure that she thought would take care of her heart problem—a diseased aortic valve.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 24, 2026

Walking through seeing so many sick and diseased people made my stomach hurt.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers

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

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




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