Disease and Defect

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Disease

Disease noun - An abnormal state that disrupts a plant's or animal's normal bodily functioning.

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Defect and disease are semantically related. in ailment topic. In some cases you can use "Defect" instead a noun "Disease", when it comes to topics like infection.

Nearby Word: diseased

Defect

Defect noun - Something that spoils the appearance or completeness of a thing.

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Disease and defect are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Disease" instead a noun "Defect".

Nearby Words: defective, defection, defector, defecting, defectively

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physical	physical disease	physical defect
rare	rare disease	rare defect
similar	similar disease	similar defect
common	common disease	common defect
Other adjectives: certain, single, real, serious, social, mental, minor, fatal, lethal, weird, strange, congenital, different, aforementioned, debilitating, genetic, curable.

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