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diseases

  • plural
    of disease.
    disease
    noun
    a disordered or incorrectly functioning organ, part, structure, or system of the body resulting from the effect of genetic or developmental errors, infection, poisons, nutritional deficiency or imbalance, toxicity, or unfavorable environmental factors; illness; sickness; ailment.

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Those structural changes are also relevant to neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026

Proposition 38 would authorize the state to issue $8.4 billion in bonds to fund immunology and immunotherapy research to uncover treatments that help the immune system fight diseases such as cancer more effectively.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Large numbers will go on to die awful deaths from Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative brain diseases as a result of their work entertaining us on TV.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

The move is in line with Novo’s efforts to continuously advance its pipeline across obesity, diabetes and other cardiometabolic diseases, said Martin Holst Lange, chief scientific officer at Novo.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

His mother died, but she didn’t have any diseases, and neither does he.

From "A Boy Called Bat" by Elana K. Arnold