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organic disease

American

noun

Pathology.

a disease in which there is a structural alteration (opposed to functional disease).

organic disease British

noun

any disease in which there is a physical change in the structure of an organ or part Compare functional disease

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Etymology

Origin of organic disease

First recorded in 1835–45

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