diseased

[ dih-zeezd ]

/ dɪˈzizd /

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adjective

having or affected with disease.

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Origin of diseased

1425–75; late Middle English disesed; compare Anglo-French diseasé.See disease, -ed²

OTHER WORDS FROM diseased

non·dis·eased, adjectiveun·dis·eased, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH diseased

deceased, diseased

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The race to rescue Florida’s diseased coralsOne day the staff sent scientists out to stand at some of the signs and answer questions visitors might have about climate change.
The Climate Museum is the first of its kind in the U.S. — and its founder is on a mission|Tatiana Schlossberg|September 10, 2021|Washington Post
For conditions like arthritis and wound and postoperative pain, however, these drugs need to target only the diseased or injured areas of the body to provide pain relief.
Chemists think they’ve found a way to make opioids less addicting|Purbita Saha|July 17, 2021|Popular-Science
“This advance opens up the possibility of comparing networks of healthy and diseased brains, to identify the network changes that are thought to cause mental illnesses and other neurological disorders,” Shapson-Coe said.
Google and Harvard Unveil the Largest High-Resolution Map of the Brain Yet|Jason Dorrier|June 6, 2021|Singularity Hub
Trenches separate diseased coral tissue from healthy tissue.
A common antibiotic might save some sick corals|Cassie Martin|June 4, 2021|Science News For Students

They also are investigating whether tiny capsules of the material can deliver treatments to diseased organs.
Bandages made from crab shells speed healing|Silke Schmidt|April 14, 2021|Science News For Students
But it was good news to the poor, the diseased, the downtrodden and scorned, and all the “little” people.
Jesus Wasn’t Born Rich. Think About It.|Gene Robinson|December 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Step too far off the beaten path and you could be faced with diseased rodents and filthy insects.
New York’s Scariest Night Out: The Ghosts, Rats, and Lunatics of ‘Nightmare New York’|Justin Jones|October 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
More than two dozen lines of diseased mice have now been destroyed.
Stop Green Hill Activists Occupy Research Facility and Release Mice|Barbie Latza Nadeau|April 26, 2013|DAILY BEAST
To its primitive, diseased brain I was practically invisible, an obstacle to be ignored, and, at best, avoided.
The Extinction Parade: An Original Zombie Story by Max Brooks|Max Brooks|January 14, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Before we necessarily had breasts, we were instructed to palpate the diseased, curvaceous effigy to feel for lumps.
The Great Mammogram Debate|Liesl Schillinger|November 18, 2009|DAILY BEAST
If thine eye be sound the whole body is illumined; if the eye be diseased the whole body is in darkness.
Solomon and Solomonic Literature|Moncure Daniel Conway
So congress has excluded not only diseased, criminal, pauper and anarchist immigrants, but also contract and Chinese laborers.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman|Albert Sidney Bolles
The surgeons made their examination, and they discovered more diseased tissue, and a slowly spreading infection.
Love's Pilgrimage|Upton Sinclair
Dr. Legrand seemed to thoroughly understand this twisted and diseased conscience, and had a remedy to offer.
The Light That Lures|Percy Brebner
Nagkapilhuk ang mata nga masakitun, The diseased eye is gradually becoming sunken.
A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan|John U. Wolff

British Dictionary definitions for diseased

diseased

/ (dɪˈziːzd) /

adjective

having or affected with disease

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