Originally posted by VargAccording to the medical profession you are wrong and it does.
dis·ease
n.
1. A pathological condition of a part, organ, or system of an organism resulting from various causes, such as infection, genetic defect, or environmental stress,etc
Alcoholism would seem to fit 2. but not 1 ...
Why not 1?
Originally posted by Varg
Because it doesn't fit the definition.
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