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nounan impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioningtype of:
Definition that contains disease
- bunt disease of wheat characterized by replacement of the grains with greasy masses of smelly smut spores
- trembles disease of livestock and especially cattle poisoned by eating certain kinds of snakeroot
- root rot disease characterized by root decay; caused by various fungi
- occupational disease disease or disability resulting from conditions of employment (usually from long exposure to a noxious substance or from continuous repetition of certain acts)
- sweet-potato ring rot disease of sweet potatoes in which roots are girdled by rings of dry rot
- black knot disease of plum and cherry trees characterized by black excrescences on the branches
- gummosis disease of citrus trees caused by the fungus Phytophthora citrophthora
- loose smut disease of grains; the entire head is a dusty mass of spores
- aspergillosis disease especially in agricultural workers caused by inhalation of Aspergillus spores causing lumps in skin and ears and respiratory organs
- ring disease disease of tomatoes and potatoes and tobacco etc caused by the bacterium Pseudomonas solanacearum