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disease

[dih-zeez] / dɪˈziz /


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Moreover, one expert I spoke with, Sarah Taber, a small farmer and crop scientist, describes FoodNet as a “long term library of disease data,” not a reactive tool that’s useful in real time.

From Slate Jul. 22, 2026

The COVID-19 pandemic reinforced the importance of vaccination in preventing severe disease and death.

From Science Daily Jul. 21, 2026

They can be used for weight loss and/or to treat type 2 diabetes, the most common form of the disease.

From Barron's Jul. 21, 2026

Each of the four whales that tested positive also showed clear signs of gastrointestinal disease.

From Science Daily Jul. 21, 2026

“Don’t pay that fool any mind. Even gods can succumb to the disease of ignorance.”

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

The hospital has not been named but the Royal Free in north London has a high level isolation unit and is the primary national centre for high consequence infectious diseases.

From BBC Jul. 22, 2026

The small particles in wildfire smoke are an escalating threat to global health, increasing risks of other diseases like COVID.

From Salon Jul. 19, 2026

Persistent oxidative stress can injure proteins, fats, and DNA and has been associated with aging and many chronic diseases.

From Science Daily Jul. 18, 2026

Patients with cancer and various chronic diseases are affected.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 18, 2026

My specific focus is on infectious diseases and their role in spatial teleportation.

From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly

Wacky animal sidekicks once felt vibrant in a holistic world of artifice; here, a goggle-eyed rooster just looks diseased.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 9, 2026

To prepare for transplant, I had two weeks of near-lethal doses of chemo to destroy my diseased bone marrow and suppress my immune system, creating space for donor cells to take hold.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 19, 2026

In medicine, they could function as "nano-surgeons," locating diseased cells and delivering targeted treatments with precision.

From Science Daily Mar. 31, 2026

Surgeons have told the BBC that healthy organs can be discarded, and diseased organs can be transplanted.

From BBC Mar. 24, 2026

It was as if the metal itself was diseased.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda

In either case we have diabetes, the sugar irritating and diseasing the kidneys as it passes.”

From Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why What Medical Writers Say by Allen, Martha Meir

They provide for your wants, hearken to your complaints, nurture you in sickness, with a diseasing fondness, and so render you incapable.

From Charlemont; Or, the Pride of the Village. a Tale of Kentucky by Simms, William Gilmore




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