Disease

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun Lack of ease; uneasiness; trouble; vexation; disquiet.

II. Disease ·vt To deprive of ease; to Disquiet; to Trouble; to Distress.

III. Disease ·vt To derange the vital functions of; to afflict with disease or sickness; to Disorder;

— used almost exclusively in the participle diseased.

IV. Disease ·noun An alteration in the state of the body or of some of its organs, interrupting or disturbing the performance of the vital functions, and causing or threatening pain and weakness; malady; affection; illness; sickness; disorder;

— applied figuratively to the mind, to the moral character and habits, to institutions, the state, ·etc.