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disease
disease Disease means a morbid departure from normal health in mind or body, and more specifically a set of unhealthy conditions affecting the same part and showing similar symptoms.
Disease means a morbid departure from normal health in mind or body, and more specifically a set of unhealthy conditions affecting the same part and showing similar symptoms. A historical distinction separates organic disease, where some bodily structure is damaged or abnormal, from functional disease, where a part acts irregularly without visible structural change.