# diseased

Pronunciation: say "di-ZEEZD" US /dɪˈzizd/, UK /dɪˈziːzd/

## Adjective

1. Affected by or suffering from a disease.
   - Simple: Sick or unhealthy because of an illness.
   - _The vet separated the diseased animals from the rest of the herd._
   - _Surgeons excised the diseased portion of the lung and closed the incision._

## Verb

2. Simple past tense and past participle of disease. — simple past and past participle of disease
   - Simple: Past tense and past participle of disease. Use it for the past, or after has, have or had.

## Origin

Formed from the word "disease" with the suffix "-ed".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/diseased (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).