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diseased |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Disease \Dis*ease"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Diseased}; p. pr & vb n. {Diseasing}.] 1. To deprive of ease; to disquiet; to trouble; to distress. [Obs.] His double burden did him sore disease. --Spenser. 2. To derange the vital functions of to afflict with disease or sickness; to disorder; -- used almost exclusively in the participle diseased. He was diseased in body and mind. --Macaulay. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Diseased \Dis*eased"\, a. Afflicted with disease. It is my own diseased imagination that torments me --W. Irving. Syn: See {Morbid}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: diseased adj : caused by or altered by or manifesting disease or pathology; "diseased tonsils"; "a morbid growth"; "pathologic tissue"; "pathological bodily processes" [syn: {morbid}, {pathologic}, {pathological}]
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