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ill⋅ness
[il-nis] 
nɪs
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Illness
Ill"ness\, n. [From Ill.]1. The condition of being ill, evil, or bad; badness; unfavorableness. [Obs.] "The illness of the weather." --Locke. 2. Disease; indisposition; malady; disorder of health; sickness; as, a short or a severe illness. 3. Wrong moral conduct; wickedness. --Shak. Syn: Malady; disease; indisposition; ailment. Usage: Illness, Sickness. Within the present century, there has been a tendency in England to use illness in the sense of a continuous disease, disorder of health, or sickness, and to confine sickness more especially to a sense of nausea, or "sickness of the stomach."
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Language Translation for : illness
Spanish:
enfermedad, mal, dolencia,
German:
die Krankheit,
Japanese:
病気
Main Entry: ill·ness
Pronunciation: 'il-n&s
Function: noun
: an unhealthy condition of body or mind :
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illness ill·ness (ĭl'nĭs)
n.
Disease of body or mind; poor health; sickness.
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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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