Thesaurus:disease

Thesaurus

disease

English

Noun

Sense: abnormal condition of the body or mind that causes discomfort or dysfunction

Synonyms

• affliction
• ailment
• coath
• complaint
• disease
• disorder    [⇒ thesaurus]
• egritude
• ill health
• illness
• indisposition
• sickness
• malady
• morbus
• rot

Hypernyms

• condition
• medical condition

Hyponyms

• See disease § Derived terms, most of which are hyponymous
• See English terms suffixed with -iasis
• See English terms suffixed with -osis
• See Wikipedia at Category:Diseases and disorders

• common cold
• flu
• influenza
• measles
• mumps
• cholera
• tuberculosis
• AIDS
• smallpox
• malaria
• leprosy
• cancer

Antonyms

• haleness
• health
• healthiness
• heartiness

See also

• Thesaurus:symptom
• Thesaurus:pain
• Thesaurus:diseased
• Thesaurus:injury
• Thesaurus:defect
• Category:Diseases
• Category:Pathology

Further reading

• “655. disease” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “disease” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.