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Definition of Diseased

1. Adjective. Caused by or altered by or manifesting disease or pathology. "Pathological bodily processes"

Definition of Diseased

1. a. Afflicted with disease.

Definition of Diseased

1. Adjective. Affected with or suffering from disease. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Diseased

1. disease [v] - See also: disease

Medical Definition of Diseased

1. Afflicted with disease. "It is my own diseased imagination that torments me." (W. Irving) Synonym: See Morbid. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Diseased

Literary usage of Diseased

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1900)
"Canker,' was distributed, the writer received specimens of diseased apple ... Within the diseased area was a series of six ridges or convolutions in the ..."

2. Botanical Gazette by University of Chicago, JSTOR (Organization) (1916)
"In the preparation of a mash from the diseased beets BODNAR apparently used the whole of each beet without a separation of the sound and the diseased ..."

3. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1908)
"The .subject naturally divides itself into two sections, according as to whether or not the heart itself is diseased. In this paper that section will be ..."

4. The Lancet (1842)
"In certain cases, medicine removes these diseased conditions, by exciting in the vicinity of the diseased part, or in any convenient situation, ..."

5. The Immigration Problem by Jeremiah Whipple Jenks, William Jett Lauck (1911)
"diseased Immigrants Our present law provides that aliens who are debarred must be returned at the expense of the steamship companies, and that persons or ..."

6. Doctor in Medicine: And Other Papers on Professional Subjects by Stephen Smith (1872)
"diseased MEATS. AMONG the subjects relating to the public health which should interest every citizen, that of the sale of diseased meats is of prime ..."

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