Disease


 
 
Disease

A disease is any abnormal condition of the body or mind that causes discomfort, dysfunction, or distress to the person affected or those in contact with the person. Sometimes the term is used broadly to include injuries, disabilities, syndromes, symptoms, deviant behaviors, and atypical variations of structure and function, while in other contexts these may be considered distinguishable categories.

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Pathology is the study of diseases. The subject of systematic classification of diseases is referred to as nosology. The broader body of knowledge about diseases and their treatments is medicine.

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Body: With regard to living things, a body is the integral physical material of an individual, and contrasts with soul, personality and behavior....

Mind: The mind is the term most commonly used to describe the higher functions of the human brain, particularly those of which humans are subjectively conscious, such as personality, thought, reason, memory, intelligence and emotion. Although other species of animals share some of these mental capacities,...

Discomfort: Discomfort may refer to:...


Disease related Images and Photos (experimental)

Infectious Disease Stress Balls
Infectious Disease Stress Balls
Alzheimer's Disease. Light Micrograph Showing Both Neurofibrillary Tangles and Plaques
Alzheimer's Disease. Light Micrograph Showing Both Neurofibrillary Tangles and Plaques
This Artwork is Called Lyme Disease Trail
This Artwork is Called Lyme Disease Trail
Suffering from an Incurable Disease  Man Throws Himself from the Towers of Notre Dame
Suffering from an Incurable Disease Man Throws Himself from the Towers of Notre Dame
Tobacco Mosaic Virus  Tmv  the Cause of Leaf Mosaic Disease in Tobacco Plants
Tobacco Mosaic Virus Tmv the Cause of Leaf Mosaic Disease in Tobacco Plants
Figure of a Woman with Parkinson's Disease
Figure of a Woman with Parkinson's Disease

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Introduction
Syndromes, illness and disease
Transmission of disease
Social significance of disease
Other uses of the term
See also
External links
 
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Personality (2) - Thought (1) - Reason (1) - Behavior (1) - Human brain (1) - Supernatural (1) - God (1) - Emotion (1) - Memory (1) - Intelligence (1) - Dysfunction (1) - Syndrome (1) - Discomfort (1) - Body (1) - Mind (1) -
 

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