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ailment

ailment

63 3.4
A small illness that often lasts a long time
  • noun
  • /ˈeɪlmənt/
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  • Stress is the number one cause of our most deadly health ailments and deadly diseases.
  • minor ailments
  • chronic ailments
  • physical ailments

Now there are two kinds of ailments, infectious and chronic.

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Examples

  • As discussed previously, patients are not short of beliefs about their ailments and what should be done about them.

    Academic text (2011)
  • After years of suffering from a chronic ailment, he finally started seeing improvements with the new treatment.

  • How are you able to find a specialist for each and every ailment that you have?

  • But again, this person has this ailment, this disease where all they can do is walk halfway.

  • The point is, there is a decent chance that your kid could potentially contract a heart ailment as a result of these vaccines.

  • What about the rumors that he has a mystery ailment?

  • Free yourself from your ailments.

  • Everything is contained in nature, both the source of an ailment and the remedy for it.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • Constant communication is critical when dealing with the diverse medical ailments treated in primary care.

    Academic text (1997)
  • Two people challenged with the same medicine, or afflicted with the same ailment, will often react quite differently.

    Academic text (2011)

Synonyms

condition
vsailment
783 3.7

A health problem that affects a person, often long-term

is a minor medical problem that often lasts a long time
illness
vsailment
693 1.1

A time when a person is sick and cannot do normal things

is usually less severe and often long lasting rather than acute
sickness
vsailment
103 1.0

A time when your body is not healthy

is more specific, naming a minor long continuing medical problem
complaint
vsailment
  • Specialized
30 5.7

A health problem or pain that a person tells a doctor about

is a minor trouble that tends to continue over time
ill health
vsailment
7 3.0

Being sick or having a long-term problem with your body

refers to a single minor disorder that often persists for long

Antonyms

1.0

The condition of a person's body and mind, especially being free from illness or injury

52 3.2

Good physical and mental health that people try to keep

How Severe

disease
2.3
illness
693 1.1
ailment
63 3.4
ache
92 1.3

Surface Forms

ailment singular
ailments plural

Morphology

ailment = ail (transparent) = ail + ment

Standard nominalization of the verb 'ail' with '-ment', producing 'a condition or result of ailing', which is directly inferable from the base.

Etymology

Ailment comes from the simple verb ail, which means 'to be ill' or 'to trouble'. So an ailment is a 'trouble' of the body, usually a minor or long-lasting illness.