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organic disease

noun

, Pathology.
  1. a disease in which there is a structural alteration ( functional disease ).


organic disease

noun

  1. any disease in which there is a physical change in the structure of an organ or part Compare functional disease
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of organic disease1

First recorded in 1835–45
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Example Sentences

Absence or marked diminution, therefore, indicates organic disease of the stomach.

When the amount of free hydrochloric acid is normal, organic disease of the stomach probably does not exist.

In the meantime, the patient may be constantly in the wildest motion and so add to the exhausting effect of the organic disease.

I except one case, the case of any child who is marked for death by organic disease, and knows it.

She would make a vigorous effort to keep from dying, she had no organic disease, but something might happen.

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