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DISEASED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Caused by or altered by or manifesting disease or pathology
Example:
pathological bodily processes
Synonyms:
diseased; morbid; pathologic; pathological
Classified under:
Similar:
unhealthy (not in or exhibiting good health in body or mind)
Context examples:
Examination of these neurons in diseased tissue has revealed the presence of Lewy bodies, dense aggregates that include the protein alpha-synuclein.
(Parkinson's Disease Pathway BioCarta, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
Drugs that are pharmacologically inactive but when exposed to ultraviolet radiation or sunlight are converted to their active metabolite to produce a beneficial reaction affecting the diseased tissue.
(Photosensitizing agent, NCI Thesaurus)
The ability to manipulate these properties facilitates a controlled, localized activation and clearance mechanism of diseased or abnormal cells.
(Nanobomb, NCI Thesaurus)
You can develop a metabolic disorder when some organs, such as your liver or pancreas, become diseased or do not function normally.
(Metabolic Disorders, NIH)
A lung transplant removes a person's diseased lung and replaces it with a healthy one.
(Lung Transplantation, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
These pictures can show the difference between normal and diseased tissue.
(Magnetic resonance imaging, NCI Dictionary)
Surgical removal of both non-diseased ovaries with the goal of preventing ovarian carcinoma.
(Bilateral Prophylactic Oophorectomy, NCI Thesaurus)
A procedure to replace diseased or pathologic bone marrow with transplanted healthy bone marrow stem cells.
(Bone Marrow Stem Cell Transplantation, NCI Thesaurus)
Hybrid hepatocytes represent not only the most effective way to repair a diseased liver, but also the safest way to prevent fatal liver failure by cell transplantation.
(Newly discovered cells restore liver damage in mice without cancer risk, NIH)
Surgical removal of both non-diseased breasts with the goal of preventing breast carcinoma.
(Bilateral prophylactic mastectomy, NCI Thesaurus)
