illness
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| —n | |
| 1. | a disease or indisposition; sickness |
| 2. | a state of ill health |
| 3. | obsolete wickedness |
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Medical Dictionary
illness ill·ness (ĭl'nĭs)
n.
Disease of body or mind; poor health; sickness.
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Encyclopedia Britannica
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illness
a harmful deviation from the normal structural or functional state of an organism. A diseased organism commonly exhibits signs or symptoms indicative of its abnormal state. Thus, the normal condition of an organism must be understood in order to recognize the hallmarks of disease. Nevertheless, a sharp demarcation between disease and health is not always apparent
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Example sentences
Yet even when the disease is caused by the same mutation, it can provoke dramatically different degrees of illness.
Usually the illness lasts from three to six days, and people recover quickly.
Consumers are reminded that properly storing, handling and cooking eggs should help prevent food-borne illness.
Mental illness was closely correlated with physical symptoms that were a consequence of glandular action.
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