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We use "disease" for maladies caused by infections (virus, bacteria), and we use "disease" for maladies caused by genetics (cancer), caused by chemicals (lung d
by metalliqaz 9mo ago
We use "disease" for maladies caused by infections (virus, bacteria), and we use "disease" for maladies caused by genetics (cancer), caused by chemicals (lung disease), and so forth. So yeah, a parasite certainly would qualify I think.
- I_dream_of_Geni 9mo agoAnd (weirdly, I think) a few years back they called alcoholism and smoking diseases, which, well, really??