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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Affected with disease.
  • adjective Unsound or disordered.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Afflicted with disease.

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  • adjective Affected with or suffering from disease.

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  • adjective caused by or altered by or manifesting disease or pathology

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Examples

  • But the diseases are breaking out fast and time is running out: the team must try to stem the tide of infection in diseased areas while developing cures.

    Games of Plagues and Pestilence « Third Point of Singularity 2009

  • On a good day they may earn $3, which just supports a meagre existence in diseased, malarial slums.

    Archive 2008-09-01 Not a sheep 2008

  • I therefore consider that had not the passenger Vessels brought so many infected persons among us, that the town might have been but little diseased from the mere influence of season & the habits of the people.

    Gutenber-e Help Page 2005

  • Regions within diseased brains have a characteristic porous and spongy appearance, evidence of extensive nerve cell death, and affected individuals exhibit neurological symptoms including impaired muscle control, loss of mental acuity, memory loss and insomnia.

    Physiology or Medicine for 1997 - Press Release 1997

  • There proved to be some highly interesting things about this uneven mixing in diseased lungs.

    Dickinson W. Richards - Nobel Lecture 1964

  • In certain diseased states much less heat is produced than in health; and there is a constant tendency to the decline and ultimate extinction of the vital powers by the call made upon them to sustain the heat of the body.

    Notes on Nursing: What It Is, and What It Is Not 1860

  • What do you call a diseased Irish criminal? posted on 03/12/2010 4: 24: 07 AM PST

    Latest Articles 2010

  • On the leaves are spots or lesions, -- injured or "diseased" -- infected with the apple-scab fungus.

    The Apple-Tree The Open Country Books—No. 1 1906

  • Dr. Russo’s group has been working on human tissue to more clearly define the abnormalities of Jagged1 and Notch2 in diseased livers.

    Basic Science Liver Disease Research 2010

  • Dr. Russo’s group has been working on human tissue to more clearly define the abnormalities of Jagged1 and Notch2 in diseased livers.

    Basic Biliary Atresia Research 2010

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  • ... and help set up with the ashes of the diseased ... HF 25

    December 7, 2006