ziekte — meaning in English
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English meaning
- disease noun An illness affecting the body or mind, caused by infection, malfunction, or other harmful factors.
- illness noun A disease or period of poor health.
- morbidity noun The presence of disease or ill health in a person or a population, including how often a condition occurs and how much harm it causes.
- sickness noun The state of being ill; a specific illness.
Senses
ziekte is used for these senses in English:
- disease (medicine) An abnormal condition of a human, animal or plant that causes discomfort or dysfunction; distinct from injury insofar as the latter is usually instantaneously acquired.
- illness (countable) An instance of a disease or poor health.
- morbidity (medicine, countable) An occurrence of illness or disease, or a single symptom of that illness.
- sickness The quality or state of being sick or diseased; illness.
disease — full definition
- noun An illness affecting the body or mind, caused by infection, malfunction, or other harmful factors.
- noun A harmful or corrupting pattern in a system, society, or way of thinking.