sickness

[ sik-nis ]
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noun
  1. a particular disease or malady.

  2. the state or an instance of being sick; illness.

  1. nausea; queasiness.

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Origin of sickness

1
before 1000; Middle English siknesse, seknesse,Old English sēocnesse.See sick1, -ness

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British Dictionary definitions for sickness

sickness

/ (ˈsɪknɪs) /


noun
  1. an illness or disease

  2. nausea or queasiness

  1. the state or an instance of being sick

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