"condition" = dyscondition?

[Laurence Horn]

At 12:40 PM -0400 5/8/03, sagehen wrote:
>We've come to understand "heart condition" and "lung condition" to mean
>diseased or dysfunctional organs,  but somehow "health condition" seems  to
>be carrying it a bit far.  What a great out for an insurance company to use
>such language in a policy contract!  This comes to mind on hearing that
>SARS has a 50% mortality rate among people (over 65) with a "pre-existing
>health condition."
>A. Murie

Well, if colleges can have "substance-free" dorms,...

larry