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SICKNESS
illness, unwellness, malady, sickness
(noun) impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism
nausea, sickness
(noun) the state that precedes vomiting
sickness
(noun) defectiveness or unsoundness; “drugs have become a sickness they cannot cure”; “a great sickness of his judgment”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
sickness (usually uncountable, plural sicknesses)
The quality or state of being sick or diseased; illness.
Nausea; qualmishness; as, sickness of stomach.
(linguistics) The analogical misuse of a rarer or marked grammatical case in the place of a more common or unmarked case.
Synonyms
• (quality or state of being sick): disease, illness, infirmity, malady
Source: Wiktionary
Sick"ness, n. Etym: [AS. seĂłcness.]
1. The quality or state of being sick or diseased; illness; sisease or malady. I do lament the sickness of the king. Shak. Trust not too much your now resistless charms; Those, age or sickness soon or late disarms. Pope.
2. Nausea; qualmishness; as, sickness of stomach.
Syn.
– Illness; disease; malady. See Illness.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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