Illness - English meaning

noun

A cause of pain or harm.

Usage examples:

A crippling affliction of the nervous system

noun

Something that makes you suffer

Usage examples:

Malnutrition is one of the common afflictions of the poor.

noun

An illness, typically a minor one.

Usage examples:

The doctor diagnosed a common stomach ailment

noun

An illness or health problem

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A respiratory/stomach ailment

noun

An illness

Usage examples:

Treat minor ailments yourself.

verb

Take aggressive military action against (a place or enemy forces) with weapons or armed force.

Usage examples:

In february the germans attacked verdun

noun

An aggressive and violent act against a person or place.

Usage examples:

He was killed in an attack on a checkpoint

verb

An offensive against an enemy

noun

A harmful microorganism, typically a bacterium.

Usage examples:

Their ham was found to be contaminated with food bugs

verb

Conceal a miniature microphone in (a room or device) in order to listen to or record someone's conversations secretly.

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Their offices, homes, and telephones were bugged

noun

A statement that something is unsatisfactory or unacceptable.

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I intend to make an official complaint

noun

A statement that something is wrong or not satisfactory

Usage examples:

We've received a complaint from one of our listeners about offensive language., i've made a complai…

noun

An illness

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A heart/stomach complaint

noun

The communication of disease from one person or organism to another by close contact.

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The rooms held no risk of contagion

noun

The fact of economic problems in one country, region, etc. spreading to another

Usage examples:

Brazil's stock markets were battered by contagion from the problems in other emerging markets., the…

noun

The situation in which a disease is spread by touching someone or something

Usage examples:

The doctor says there's no chance/danger of contagion.

noun

A physical or mental condition that limits a person's movements, senses, or activities.

Usage examples:

Children with severe physical disabilities

noun

A physical or mental condition that makes someone unable to act in a way that is considered usual for most people

Usage examples:

[ c ] the law bars discrimination against those with disabilities., [ u ] the regulations apply to …

noun

An illness, injury, or medical condition that makes it difficult for someone to do the things that other people do

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All service providers need to think about how they cater for customers with disabilities., if the i…

noun

A disorder of structure or function in a human, animal, or plant, especially one that produces specific symptoms or that affects a specific location and is not simply a direct result of physical injury.

Usage examples:

Bacterial meningitis is quite a rare disease

noun

A condition of a person, animal, or plant in which its body or structure is harmed because an organ or part is unable to work as it usually does; an illness

Usage examples:

[ c ] mumps is an infectious disease., [ u ] he suffers from heart disease., [ u ] hundreds of thou…

noun

(an) illness of people, animals, plants, etc., caused by infection or a failure of health rather than by an accident

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A contagious/infectious disease, a common/rare/incurable/fatal disease, outbreak of disease they re…

noun

A state of confusion.

Usage examples:

The world 's currency markets were in disorder

verb

Disrupt the systematic functioning or neat arrangement of.

Usage examples:

They are disordering the political landscape

noun

A state in which objects or conditions are in no particular order; lack of system or planned organization

Usage examples:

The room was in such disorder that she couldn’t find anything., [ c ] a mental/physical disorder, […

noun

Mild illness.

Usage examples:

She was chiefly confined by indisposition to her bedroom

noun

The fact that someone is unable to do something because they are ill or not willing

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An indisposition to cooperate

noun

The process of infecting or the state of being infected.

Usage examples:

Strict hygiene will limit the risk of infection

noun

A condition in which bacteria or viruses that cause disease have entered the body

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A serious infection, a throat infection, risk of infection bandage the wound to reduce the risk of …

noun

An act of passing harmful programs into a computer or file, or the harmful programs themselves

Usage examples:

You only have to open an attachment to pass the infection from computer to computer.

noun

Physical or mental weakness.

Usage examples:

Old age and infirmity come to men and women alike

noun

(a) physical or mental weakness

noun

Illness, especially for long periods or because of old age

Usage examples:

An advanced state of infirmity, she suffered from a long list of infirmities.

noun

An illness or disease, especially one that is not serious

Usage examples:

He's got the dreaded lurgy.

noun

A disease or ailment.

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An incurable malady

noun

A disease, or a problem in the way something works

Usage examples:

She’s suffering from a variety of maladies, including dizziness, weakness, and headaches.

noun

The state of being ill.

Usage examples:

She was absent through sickness

noun

An infective agent that typically consists of a nucleic acid molecule in a protein coat, is too small to be seen by light microscopy, and is able to multiply only within the living cells of a host.

Usage examples:

The hepatitis b virus

Infectious agent that replicates itself within living hosts

noun

A very small organism that causes disease in humans, animals, and plants

Usage examples:

She’s had a virus for several days.

noun

A person who is not white.

noun

An illness or infection, typically a minor one.

Usage examples:

A flu wog struck

noun

An extremely offensive word for someone who does not have white skin