disease

decease, disease

• upon the decease of so-and-so，the sum of money will pass to his wife and children.
  某某死后，整笔钱归他妻子及儿女所有。
• the decease rate in that country is very high.
  那个国家的死亡率很高。
• the general's decease left the army without a leader.
  将军死亡使这支军队群龙无首。

• the task of a doctor is to prevent or cure diseases.
  医生的职责是预防或冶疗疾病。
• nowadays more and more people treat diseases by acupuncture.
  如今愈来愈多人用针灸治疗疾病。
• your right lung is diseased.
  你的右肺有病。

illness, sickness, disease, complaint

名词 disease:

1. an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning

1. The rapid spread of the disease is alarming the medical authorities.
   这种疾病的迅速蔓延使医疗当局感到忧虑不安。
2. The treatment arrested the growth of the disease.
   治疗抑制了病情的发展。
3. The entire population was wiped out by the terrible disease.
   所有的居民都被可怕的疾病夺去了生命。
4. It is reported that this disease attacks the central nervous system.
   据报道说这种疾病破坏中枢神经系统。
5. He postulated that a cure for the disease will have been found by the year 2000.
   他推断到2000年能研究出治愈该病的方法。
6. The disease is still in its primary stage.
   这疾病仍然在初发阶段。
7. The poor man has a serious disease of the liver.
   这个可怜的人患有严重的肝病。
8. Many diseases are caused by bacteria.
   许多疾病是由细菌引起的。

dis.ease

n.（名词）
A pathological condition of a part, an organ, or a system of an organism resulting from various causes, such as infection, genetic defect, or environmental stress, and characterized by an identifiable group of signs or symptoms.
病，疾病：有机体的某一部位、某一器官或系统处于病理状态，由各种因素引起，如传染、遗传缺陷或环境紧张，而且以被视为相同的一组表象或症状为特征
A condition or tendency, as of society, regarded as abnormal and harmful.
社会弊病：被认为是不正常和有害的状况或趋势，如社会弊病
Obsolete Lack of ease; trouble.
【废语】 不安；烦恼

来源：
Middle English disese
中古英语 disese
from Old French
源自 古法语
des- [dis-]
des- [表示.不，无.的意思]
aise [ease] * see ease
aise [舒适安心] *参见 ease