| Main Entry: |
illness |
| Part of Speech: |
noun |
| Definition: |
disease; bad health |
Synonyms: |
affliction, ailing,
ailment,
attack,
breakdown,
bug*,
collapse,
complaint,
confinement, convalescence,
disability, diseasedness,
disorder,
disturbance, dose, failing health,
fit, flu, ill health, indisposition, infirmity,
malady,
malaise, poor health, prostration, relapse, seizure,
sickness, syndrome, unhealth,
virus, what's going around
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| Notes: |
illness means sickness or poor health, while a disease is an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning |
Antonyms: |
good health, health, well-being, wellness
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