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]