diseased
pronunciation
How to pronounce diseased in British English:
UK [dɪˈzi:zd]
How to pronounce diseased in American English:
US [dɪˈzizd]
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- Adjective:
- caused by or altered by or manifesting disease or pathology
Word Origin
- diseased (adj.)
- late 15c., past participle adjective from Middle English verb disesen "to make uneasy; inflict pain" (mid-14c.), later "to have an illness or infection" (late 14c.); "to infect with a disease" (late 15c.), from disease (n.).
Synonym
Example
- 1. Breathing the diseased air he coughs up all night !
- 2. Meanwhile one must give ors to diseased person .
- 3. Medical researchers also locked up diseased prisoners with healthy ones , to see how readily various ailments would spread .
- 4. Each line or point represents specific anatomical structures in the body in normal or diseased state .
- 5. Diseased plants are often chlorotic .