DISEASE

disease. 1. A deviation from the healthy and normal functioning of the body < the drug could

not be linked to his disease>.2. (pl.) Special classes of pathological conditions with similar traits,

such  as  having  similar  causes and  affecting  similar  organs <respiratory  diseases> <occupational

diseases>.3. Any disorder; any depraved condition.

functional  disease.A  disease  that  prevents,  obstructs,  or  interferes  with  an  organ’s  special

function, without anatomical defect or abnormality in the organ itself.

industrial disease.See OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE.

occupational disease.See OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE.[Blacks Law 8th]

organic disease.A disease that is caused by an injury to, or lesion or malfunction in, an organ. [Blacks Law 8th]