diseased

Example Sentences

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On April 24, 29 people—and the body of the diseased passenger—disembarked.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

Surgical options for younger patients include a Ross procedure, in which a patient’s diseased aortic valve is replaced with their own healthy pulmonary valve, which in turn is replaced with a donor valve.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 25, 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

Surgeons have told the BBC that healthy organs can be discarded, and diseased organs can be transplanted.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

The first step in that struggle is to convince the world—and pediatric endocrinologists in particular—that hermaphroditic genitals are not diseased.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides