English-Dutch translations for disease

• ziekte
  De ziekte van Alzheimer is een wrede ziekte. Alzheimer's is a cruel disease.
  Toch transporteren ze de ziekte niet. But they do not export the disease.
  Obesitas is geen probleem maar een ziekte. Obesity is a disease, not a problem.
• kwaal
  Het middel wordt daarmee erger dan de kwaal. The cure is worse than the disease.
  Het medicijn is hier erger dan de kwaal. The cure would be worse than the disease.
  Is dit middel niet erger dan de kwaal? Is this remedy not worse than the disease?

Definition of disease

• An abnormal condition of a human, animal or plant that causes discomfort or dysfunction; distinct from injury insofar as the latter is usually instantaneously acquired
• Any abnormal or harmful condition, as of society, people's attitudes, way of living etc
• Lack of ease; uneasiness; trouble; vexation; disquiet
• To cause unease; to annoy, irritate
• To infect with a disease

Examples

• The tomato plants had some kind of disease that left their leaves splotchy and fruit withered.

Related words

• diseased
• disease-ridden
• antidisease
• disease-free
• disease activity
• disease free
• disease of joints
• disease of old age
• disease of affluence