disease
Pronunciation: /dɪˈziːz/
noun
- a disorder of structure or function in a human, animal, or plant, especially one that produces specific symptoms or that affects a specific location and is not simply a direct result of physical injury: bacterial meningitis is quite a rare disease
- a particular quality or disposition regarded as adversely affecting a person or group of people: we are suffering from the British disease of self-deprecation
Origin:
Middle English (in the sense 'lack of ease; inconvenience'): from Old French desaise 'lack of ease', from des- (expressing reversal) + aise 'ease'
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The ending of disease is spelled -ease.