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English word disease comes from Old French (842-ca. 1400) desaise ((figuratively) melancholy. Deformity. Disease.)

desaise (Old French)

(figuratively) melancholy. Deformity. Disease.

desese (Anglo-Norman)

disese (Middle English)

disease (English)

(obsolete) To cause unease; to annoy, irritate.. To infect with a disease. (by extension) Any abnormal or harmful condition, as of society, people's attitudes, way of living etc.. (pathology) 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.. Lack of ease; uneasiness; [...]

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