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disease

[dih-zeez] / dɪˈziz /


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As for Marmalade, she contracted a parasite disease and died in May.

From BBC Sep. 5, 2026

Dr. Jessica Ericson, a pediatric infectious disease physician at Penn State Health Golisano Children’s Hospital, hadn’t seen a measles case in her 15 years in medicine until this June.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 4, 2026

“Rabies is a fatal viral disease that is preventable with prompt medical care following potential exposure,” the National Park Service said in its statement announcing the infection.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 4, 2026

Ionis Pharmaceuticals wins regulatory clearance for its quarterly injection, Zanvastro, in Alexander disease.

From Barron's Sep. 4, 2026

Leprosy is no longer considered a quarantinable disease by the Louisiana legislature, for example.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

“It was collected as part of the National Park Service’s routine wildlife disease surveillance program, which helps monitor diseases that naturally occur in wildlife populations,” the statement read.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 4, 2026

The codes are used by doctors and insurance companies to classify diseases, symptoms and medical conditions, and are used for billing.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 4, 2026

"We completely changed the way we grow avocados after learning from South African experts. Today we use raised beds, wider spacing and different planting methods because avocado roots are highly vulnerable to diseases," Bopaiah says.

From BBC Sep. 4, 2026

Sami Corwin, who covers biotech for William Blair, was doing a routine check of clinical trials last week when she saw that a slate of studies testing therapies in autoimmune diseases had gone dark.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 3, 2026

When an epidemic of mumps broke out in the school, Katie went into action against communicable diseases.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith

"Farmers may unknowingly buy diseased plants. The trees may look healthy initially, but after five or seven years they can suddenly die, causing huge financial losses," he says.

From BBC Sep. 4, 2026

He removed the tumour and part of the diseased jawbone, but the electrochemotherapy was administered to target any remaining cancerous cells.

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

Eventually, they hope to compare circulation patterns between healthy and diseased brains, as well as between younger and older brains.

From Science Daily Aug. 13, 2026

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

They paid cash, no questions asked, and preserved particularly interesting bits of diseased viscera in large clear bottles.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

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 Martha Meir Allen

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 William Gilmore Simms




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