Disease
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Disease
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Meanings, Synonyms, Etymology, Translations and More
Meaning of Disease
A condition of the body or some part or organ of the body, whose functions are disturbed or deranged. A deviation from healthy or normal condition of any of functions or disuse of body; alteration of state of body or some of its organs, interrupting or disturbing performance of vital functions, and causing or threatening pain and weakness. See Brinkoetter v Pyramid Life Ins. Co., (Mo.App.) 377 S. W.2d 560.
Disease Alternative Definition
For the purpose of furnishing an excuse for what would otherwise be a crime, "voluntary drunkenness is not regarded as a disease affecting the mind; but involuntary drunkenness, and diseases caused by voluntary drunkenness, fall, so far as they affect the mind, within that term." Steph. Cr. 22,
Synonyms of Disease
noun
affliction
ailment
attack
bodily deviation from health
bout of sickness
breakdown
chronic disability
collapse
condition
contagion
defect
deterioration
disability
discomfort
disorder
distemper
epidemic
handicap
ill health
illness
indisposition
infection
infirmity
insalubrity
invalidism
loss of health
malady
morbus
physical derangement
plague
scourge
sickness
taint
unhealthiness
unsoundness
unwholesome condition
virus
weakness
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Legal English Vocabulary: Disease in Spanish
Online translation of the English legal term disease into Spanish: enfermedad (English to Spanish translation). More about legal dictionary from english to spanish online.
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Concept of Disease
In relation to securing dangerous material (in case of crisis or terrorism) a meaning of disease may be outlined, in general regarding European law, as follows: An unhealthy condition of the body (or a part of it) or the mind (illness, sickness) presented by symptoms peculiar to it.[1]
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Definition of disease published by the European Commission
Hemorrhagic Fevers and Diseases in the National Security Context
A definition and brief description of Hemorrhagic Fevers and Diseases in relation to national security is as follows:Hemorrhagic diseases are caused by infection with viruses or bacteria. As the name implies, a hallmark of a hemorrhagic disease is copious bleeding.
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