ill health
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3.0
- noun
- /ɪl hɛlθ/
:
mala salud
- Delayed diagnosis of coeliac disease will result in continuing ill health and, in children, growth failure, delayed puberty, and dental problems.
- cause of ill health
- suffering from ill health
- risk of ill health
And working on aging and forestalling ill health and death certainly does act as a motivating force.
- And working on aging and forestalling ill health and death certainly does act as a motivating force.
- So we take account of the prevalence and we take account of the seriousness of ill health from these causes.
- And what about where some of these things, and they may not indicate ill health, but they certainly become risky from a fitness perspective.
- And bearing in mind, look, even Biden wins and then, you know, maybe after a year or two, he stands down, down through ill health.
- Why my metabolic ill health will cause my sleep performance to decline?
- It's easy not to be aware of the the number of children who die in the ill health.
Examples
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Once again, Jed's symptoms are a useful indicator of the possible cause of his ill health.
Academic text (2012) -
An imbalance was believed to be the cause of ill health.
Academic text (2015) -
Having a company culture that is open about stress and mental ill health will benefit everybody," he added.
Academic text (2015) -
Her ill health prevents it.
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Prevent, remove, or reduce workplace factors that might cause ill health or injury.
Academic text (2014) -
The Vatican announced today... that Pope Paul VI has cancelled his Sunday blessing... due to ill health.
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The population data reveal the demographic impact of ill health and economic underdevelopment.
Academic text (1991) -
However, he's in ill health because he is not used to the hardships of travel.
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So we take account of the prevalence and we take account of the seriousness of ill health from these causes.
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Due to his ill health, he was unable to attend the family reunion.
Synonyms
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3.7
A health problem that affects a person, often long-term
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1.1
A time when a person is sick and cannot do normal things
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1.0
A time when your body is not healthy
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3.4
How healthy and fit a person's body is
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6.6
A weakness that makes it hard to do everyday things, often after illness or old age
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7.5
Poor health that harms the body
Antonyms
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1.0
The condition of a person's body and mind, especially being free from illness or injury
How Healthy
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1.0
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase 'ill health' is directly compositional: 'ill' (unwell) modifies 'health' (state of wellbeing), so the combined meaning 'poor health' is transparently derivable from the parts. This adjective+noun pattern is standard in English and common across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents should understand it.
Etymology
Ill health puts ill before health to show a poor state of the body. Imagine a person who looks weak or a plant that is wilting, and that image helps you remember it means 'being unhealthy' or 'in poor physical condition'.