Definition of illness

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Illness (n.) Disease; indisposition; malady; disorder of health; sickness; as, a short or a severe illness..

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Weed :: Weed (n.) A sudden illness or relapse, often attended with fever, which attacks women in childbed..
Malinger :: Malinger (v. i.) To act the part of a malingerer; to feign illness or inability.
Preternatural :: Preternatural (a.) Beyond of different from what is natural, or according to the regular course of things, but not clearly supernatural or miraculous; strange; inexplicable; extraordinary; uncommon; irregular; abnormal; as, a preternatural appearance; a preternatural stillness; a preternatural presentation (in childbirth) or labor..
Sickly :: Sickly (superl.) Somewhat sick; disposed to illness; attended with disease; as, a sickly body..
Malingerer :: Malingerer (n.) In the army, a soldier who feigns himself sick, or who induces or protracts an illness, in order to avoid doing his duty; hence, in general, one who shirks his duty by pretending illness or inability..
Calm :: Calm (n.) Freedom from motion, agitation, or disturbance; a cessation or absence of that which causes motion or disturbance, as of winds or waves; tranquility; stillness; quiet; serenity..
Dangerous :: Dangerous (a.) In a condition of danger, as from illness; threatened with death..
Serenity :: Serenity (n.) The quality or state of being serene; clearness and calmness; quietness; stillness; peace.
Shrillness :: Shrillness (n.) The quality or state of being shrill.
Hush :: Hush (n.) Stillness; silence; quiet.
Disease :: Disease (n.) An alteration in the state of the body or of some of its organs, interrupting or disturbing the performance of the vital functions, and causing or threatening pain and weakness; malady; affection; illness; sickness; disorder; -- applied figuratively to the mind, to the moral character and habits, to institutions, the state, etc..
Indisposition :: Indisposition (n.) A slight disorder or illness.
Quiet :: Quiet (a.) Freedom from disturbance, noise, or alarm; stillness; tranquillity; peace; security..
Illness :: Illness (n.) The condition of being ill, evil, or bad; badness; unfavorableness..
Previous :: Previous (a.) Going before in time; being or happening before something else; antecedent; prior; as, previous arrangements; a previous illness..
Stillness :: Stillness (n.) The quality or state of being still; quietness; silence; calmness; inactivity.
Predigestion :: Predigestion (n.) Artificial digestion of food for use in illness or impaired digestion.
Oxyphony :: Oxyphony (n.) Acuteness or shrillness of voice.
Sick :: Sick (superl.) Affected with disease of any kind; ill; indisposed; not in health. See the Synonym under Illness.
Cold :: Cold (n.) The sensation produced by the escape of heat; chilliness or chillness.
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