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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
- 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
- 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)
- black knot disease of plum and cherry trees characterized by black excrescences on the branches
- sweet-potato ring rot disease of sweet potatoes in which roots are girdled by rings of dry rot