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| ailment |
a sickness or disorder; illness. |
| anarchy |
a state of confusion or disorder. [1/2 definitions] |
| autism |
a human disorder that begins to show itself in early childhood. Autism is marked by problems with language learning, language use, and social interaction. |
| chaos |
a state, condition, or place of complete confusion or disorder. |
| commotion |
a noisy confusion; disorder. |
| disorder |
If something is in disorder, it is not organized in a good way or in the usual way. It might be a mess. [2 definitions] |
| disturb |
to upset or put in disorder. [1/3 definitions] |
| epilepsy |
a nervous system disorder that causes convulsions and unconsciousness. |
| itch |
a tingling feeling on the skin or skin disorder that causes the desire to scratch. [1/5 definitions] |
| loot |
Sometimes when soldiers conquer people in other lands, they bring back "loot." The word "loot" refers to things that people take from others during a time of disorder, as in war, or in times when there is no force of law to prevent them from taking valuable things from others. [1/3 definitions] |
| mayhem |
violent disorder or utter chaos. |
| muss |
to make a mess of; put into disorder (often followed by "up"). |
| symptom |
something that happens in the body suggesting that there is a disease or disorder. [1/2 definitions] |
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