illness
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1.1
- noun
- /ˈɪl.nəs/
- The NHS tries to cure illness rather than maximize health.
- mental illness
- chronic illness
- serious illness
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Watch on YouTubeI've gone through a lot of illness, but I fought it.
- I've gone through a lot of illness, but I fought it.
- He's been fighting, I think his illness for a number of years.
- And bipolar to me looks like mental illness, not mental health.
- As a result, many people with chronic illness don't have support.
- I'd never experienced breast implant illness symptoms that I knew of.
- The NHS tries to cure illness rather than maximize health.
- But if you don't have an illness, don't just assume you're healthy.
- Simple illnesses, viral illnesses, bacterial illnesses, things like that.
- Is it a, an ailment and illness and disorder?
- And he told me never use your illness as an excuse.
- The name of his book is The End of Mental Illness.
- Kissing someone who is got a contagious illness.
- Craig and Michael thought their dad died of an illness.
Examples
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Do you have any history of mental illness in your family?
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The presence of chronic illness may cause patients to be more responsive to interventions.
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So obviously health and illness was the main focus of this study.
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Income might cause mental illness much later in life for the children.
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A lot of it could be a mental illness too.
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Have you had an illness recently?
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Some patients want control over their illness and treatment, while others are happy to have a passive role.
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The role of psychological distress in physical illness is more established for the general workforce.
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Satin's rapid decline could signal a serious illness.
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She was diagnosed with a serious illness that required extensive treatment.
Synonyms
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2.3
An illness that harms the body or mind and causes symptoms
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3.7
A health problem that affects a person, often long-term
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4.3
A health condition in which the body or mind do not work normally
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1.0
A time when your body is not healthy
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3.1
A health problem that affects how a person thinks, feels, or behaves and may need medical help
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3.4
A small illness that often lasts a long time
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6.7
A condition that causes great pain or suffering, often from illness
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3.3
A condition that causes problems with thinking, feeling, or behaving
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1.4
A condition of the body or mind that makes someone unwell and may stop them from working
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7.9
An illness that affects the body or mind
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3.0
Being sick or having a long-term problem with your body
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4.1
A serious problem that affects a person's mind and feelings and may need medical help
Antonyms
Compounds
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3.1
A health problem that affects how a person thinks, feels, or behaves and may need medical help
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3.4
A health problem that affects the lungs, nose, or throat and makes breathing difficult
- Specialized
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4.9
A very serious illness that needs long hospital care and costs a lot
- Archaic
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4.5
A mental illness with times of very high energy followed by times of very low mood
- Specialized
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8.2
A sickness that affected many people who served in the 1991 Gulf War, causing tiredness, headaches, and memory problems
How Severe
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Illness comes from the simple word ill, which long ago meant 'bad' or 'sick', plus the ending -ness that shows a 'state' or condition. So illness literally means the 'state of being ill', which is why we use it for a condition that affects the body or mind.