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illnesses

[il-nis]

ill·ness

[il-nis]
noun
1.
unhealthy condition; poor health; indisposition; sickness.
2.
Obsolete. wickedness.

Origin:
1490–1500; ill + -ness


1. ailment, affliction, infirmity.

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a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
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illness ill·ness (ĭl'nĭs)
n.
Disease of body or mind; poor health; sickness.

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