Hubert Jestes: dis·ease   [dih-zeez] noun, verb, dis·eased, dis·eas·ing.noun1. a disordered or incorrectly functioning organ, part, structure, or system of the body resulting from the effect of genetic or developmental errors, infection, poisons, nutritional deficiency or imbalance, toxicity, or unfavorable environmental factors; illness; sickness; ailment.2. any abnormal condition in a plant that interferes with its vital physiological processes, caused by pathogenic microorganisms, parasites, unfavorable environmental, genetic, or nutritional factors, etc.3. any harmful, depraved, or morbid condition, as of the mind or society: His fascination with executions is a disease.4. decomposition of a material under special circumstances: tin disease.verb (used with object)5. to affect with disease; make ill....Show more
Kristina Brockwell: It means having dis ease. Ease as in easy and dis mean not
Verena Koop: Yes, originally, it comes from the prefix "d! is" meaning "not" and "ease" meaning comfort or well-being. So it means "not comfortable" or "not well". If you mean currently, there's a big book that lists all the currently recognized diseases, including mental. That becomes important- if a condition is officially recognized as a disease, insurance companies will pay for treatment, or sometimes it can be used as a defense in a legal court....Show more
Tijuana Tatsak: An infection, that (most of the time) isn't curable.
Carter Dewater: u can so easily google this
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