Disease is an abnormal state of the body which primarily and independently produces a disturbance in the normal functions of the body. It may be an abnormality of temperament or form (structure). Symptom is a manifestation of some abnormal state in the body. It may be harmful as a colic pain or harmless as the flushing of cheeks in peripneumonia.


The Canon of Medicine (al-Qānūn Fī'l-ṭibb) (ed. 1999)

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Disease is an abnormal state of the body which primarily and independently produces a disturbance in the normal functions of the body. It may be an...

Disease is an abnormal state of the body which primarily and independently produces a disturbance in the normal functions of the body. It may be an...

Disease is an abnormal state of the body which primarily and independently produces a disturbance in the normal functions of the body. It may be an...

Disease is an abnormal state of the body which primarily and independently produces a disturbance in the normal functions of the body. It may be an...