organic disease

American  

noun

Pathology.

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

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organic disease British  

noun

1. 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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Example Sentences

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organic disease

Policy makers are so convinced that children with attention deficits have an organic disease that they have all but called off the search for a comprehensive understanding of the condition.

From New York Times ● Jan. 28, 2012

Yet her psychiatrist did not know she had an organic disease.

From Time ● Oct. 18, 2011

Yes — and the idea that you feel like you’re a different person is a symptom of the particular organic disease, which I discovered.

From Time ● Oct. 18, 2011

Sheldon also did research in the relation between these body types and organic disease.

From Time Magazine Archive

Out of eighteen post-mortem examinations in which the kidneys were studied with especial care we found positive evidence of pre-existing organic disease four times.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

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