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Definitions of disease
  1. noun
    an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning
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
  • ring rot disease of tomatoes and potatoes and tobacco etc caused by the bacterium Pseudomonas solanacearum
  • newcastle disease disease of domestic fowl and other birds
  • rhizoctinia disease disease caused by rhizoctinia or fungi of Pellicularia and Corticium
  • industrial disease disease or disability resulting from conditions of employment (usually from long exposure to a noxious substance or from continuous repetition of certain acts)
  • green smut disease of rice; grains covered by a green powder consisting of conidia
  • actinomycosis disease of cattle that can be transmitted to humans; results from infection with actinomycetes; characterized by hard swellings that exude pus through long sinuses
  • tobacco wilt disease of tomatoes and potatoes and tobacco etc caused by the bacterium Pseudomonas solanacearum
  • dutch elm disease disease of elms caused by a fungus
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