Definition of illness Illness
/ɪˈlnʌs/ - [ilnus] - ill•ness
We found 9 definitions of illness from 6 different sources.
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What does illness mean?
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NounPlural: illnesses |
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| illness - impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism | ||
| unwellness, malady, sickness | ||
| wellness, health the general condition of body and mind; "his delicate health"; "in poor health" | ||
| health problem, ill health, unhealthiness a state in which you are unable to function normally and without pain | ||
| condition the procedure that is varied in order to estimate a variable's effect by comparison with a control condition | ||
| ague a fit of shivering or shaking | ||
| amyloidosis a disorder characterized by deposit of amyloid in organs or tissues; often secondary to chronic rheumatoid arthritis or tuberculosis or multiple myeloma | ||
| anuresis, anuria inability to urinate | ||
| catastrophic illness severe illness requiring prolonged hospitalization or recovery; usually involves high costs for hospitals and doctors and medicines | ||
| prostration, collapse the act of assuming a prostrate position | ||
| bends, caisson disease, decompression sickness, aeroembolism, air embolism, gas embolism pain resulting from rapid change in pressure | ||
| food poisoning, gastrointestinal disorder illness caused by poisonous or contaminated food | ||
| lead poisoning, plumbism, saturnism toxic condition produced by the absorption of excessive lead into the system | ||
| disease an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning | ||
| hypermotility excessive movement; especially excessive motility of the gastrointestinal tract | ||
| indisposition a slight illness | ||
| ozone sickness illness that can occur to persons exposed to ozone in high-altitude aircraft; characterized by sleepiness and headache and chest pains and itchiness | ||
| toxaemia of pregnancy, toxemia of pregnancy, toxaemia, toxemia an abnormal condition of pregnancy characterized by hypertension and edema and protein in the urine | ||
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Wiktionary 
- illness (Noun)
An instance of a disease or poor health. - illness (Noun)
A state of bad health or disease.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- illness (n.)
The condition of being ill, evil, or bad; badness; unfavorableness. - illness (n.)
Disease; indisposition; malady; disorder of health; sickness; as, a short or a severe illness. - illness (n.)
Wrong moral conduct; wickedness.
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illness
Definite pathological process having a characteristic set of signs and symptoms which are detrimental to the well-being of the individual.
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- An illness (sometimes called ill-health or ail) is when a person has poor health.
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🔤- illness, noun, singular of illnesses.
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