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Disease
16) disease - a disruption of the body's function caused by the influence of pathogenic factors, affecting work capacity and the ability to adapt to changing external and internal environmental conditions, accompanied by simultaneous changes in protective-compensatory and protective-adaptive reactions and mechanisms of the organism;
Source: Federal Law No. 323-FZ of November 21, 2011 (as amended on June 25, 2012) "On the Basics of Health Protection of Citizens in the Russian Federation"