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English Dictionary: diseased by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
diseased
adj
  1. caused by or altered by or manifesting disease or pathology; "diseased tonsils"; "a morbid growth"; "pathologic tissue"; "pathological bodily processes"
    Synonym(s): diseased, morbid, pathologic, pathological
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Disease \Dis*ease"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Diseased}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Diseasing}.]
      1. To deprive of ease; to disquiet; to trouble; to distress.
            [Obs.]
  
                     His double burden did him sore disease. --Spenser.
  
      2. To derange the vital functions of; to afflict with disease
            or sickness; to disorder; -- used almost exclusively in
            the participle diseased.
  
                     He was diseased in body and mind.      --Macaulay.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Diseased \Dis*eased"\, a.
      Afflicted with disease.
  
               It is my own diseased imagination that torments me.
                                                                              --W. Irving.
  
      Syn: See {Morbid}.
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