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ail⋅ment

  [eyl-muhnt]
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–noun
a physical disorder or illness, esp. of a minor or chronic nature.
Origin:
1700–10; ail + -ment
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ail·ment   (āl'mənt)   
n.  A physical or mental disorder, especially a mild illness.
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Ailment

Ail"ment\, n. Indisposition; morbid affection of the body; -- not applied ordinarily to acute diseases. "Little ailments." --Landsdowne.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : ailment
Spanish: dolencia, achaque,
German: die Leiden,
Japanese: 病気
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Main Entry: ail·ment
Pronunciation: 'A(&)l-m&nt
Function: noun
: a bodily disorder or chronic disease
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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ailment ail·ment (āl'mənt)
n.
A physical or mental disorder, especially a mild illness.

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ailment

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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