distemperature

noun

di-ˈstem-p(ə-)rə-ˌchu̇r How to pronounce distemperature (audio)
Definition of distemperaturenext
as in disease
an abnormal state that disrupts a plant's or animal's normal bodily functioning a guinea pig with some sort of distemperature

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  1. disease
  2. illness
  3. ailment
  4. condition
  5. ill
  6. fever
Noun
  • Hundreds of thousands of Uyghurs, possibly a million or more, were swept into camps and prisons, with former detainees reporting abuse, disease and, in some cases, death.
    Dake Kang and Huizhong Wu, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2025
  • This can lead to detrimental long-term health effects, such as triggering chronic conditions such as asthma as well as obstructive lung disease like bronchitis.
    Omer Awan, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
Definition of disease
Noun
  • Especially in summer, heat illness has affected more than 30,000 people and caused hundreds of deaths in Florida.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Interview ‘The Inexplicable Facets of Living in a Human Body’: An Interview with Emma Bolden Emma R. Cohen The author of The Tiger and the Cage on writing about her hysterectomy, the absurdities of medical metaphor, and the illness narratives that liberate and limit us.
    Max Ufberg, hazlitt.net, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of illness
Noun
  • Summary Celery has been used throughout history as a folk medicine to relieve many ailments.
    Hannah Coakley, MSPH, RDN, Verywell Health, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Most common ailments aren’t connected to a single gene; polygenic risk scores aim to predict the lifetime likelihood of conditions, such as diabetes, in which many genes contribute to a person’s risk.
    Kristen V. Brown, The Atlantic, 15 Jan. 2025
Definition of ailment
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  • The engine and transmission were removed to detail the engine bay, and restored to like-new condition.
    Howard Walker, Robb Report, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Despite months of efforts and good-faith proposals from the union, management has consistently stalled progress and made unilateral demands on working conditions.
    Greg Evans, Deadline, 13 Jan. 2025
Definition of condition
Noun
  • At the center of these ills stands the island’s relationship with the mainland.
    Graciela Mochkofsky, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2025
  • The strict binary of this is man, this is woman has been responsible for a lot of ills.
    Lanna Apisukh, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
Definition of ill
Noun
  • On Tuesday, January 7, the 40-year-old former Fashion Police co-host took to her Instagram Story to share her health struggles, revealing a 100-degree fever.
    Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Before departure, during an unexpected night apart, vaccine side effects strike —fevers, fainting and hallucinations.
    Leo Barraclough, Variety, 9 Jan. 2025
Definition of fever
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