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disease

[dih-zeez] / dɪˈziz /


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Some longtime citrus growers and nurseries have set up plots of land where researchers can experiment on real trees, and gather data to help fight the disease.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 19, 2026

The state public health department urged Californians to make sure they are vaccinated against measles — noting the disease is spreading in other parts of the country and the world.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 19, 2026

Graham, 71, died on 11 July of an "aortic dissection" caused by cardiovascular disease shortly after returning from a trip to Kyiv.

From BBC Sep. 18, 2026

Atrial fibrillation is a common heart rhythm condition in older adults and also affects many people living with Alzheimer's disease.

From Science Daily Sep. 18, 2026

Has Ridge Sabio been inoculated against disease and infection common in this time period?

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

Both of the new solutions can be adapted to provide a defense against a variety of diseases that plants can’t fight on their own.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 19, 2026

Insurance companies will ask about family history, including whether relatives have suffered from dementia, and at what age; ditto for heart disease, among other age-related diseases.

From MarketWatch Sep. 18, 2026

For many diseases, it is impossible or impracticable to collect detailed, local-level prevalence data.

From Slate Sep. 17, 2026

"Uncovering this localized immune niche changes how we view neuroimmune interactions and opens exciting new avenues for treating brain tumors and other neurological diseases."

From Science Daily Sep. 17, 2026

Throughout history, leprosy has been one of the most misunderstood, feared, and reviled diseases in the world.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

"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

Cells in the diseased livers had started moving away from their mature state and toward the regenerative state, but they were unable to finish the transition.

From Science Daily Aug. 31, 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

These findings suggest that the most effective treatment may not be preventing diseased cells from releasing Tau.

From Science Daily Jun. 30, 2026

Ultrasonics had promising potential for physics, chemistry, and biology, ranging from the detection of underwater objects to the removal of diseased tissue, but the research required hugely expensive equipment.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

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

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




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