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Definition of Sickness
1. Noun. Impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism.
Exact synonyms: Illness, Malady, Unwellness
Specialized synonyms: Condition, Ague, Amyloidosis, Anuresis, Anuria, Catastrophic Illness, Collapse, Prostration, Aeroembolism, Air Embolism, Bends, Caisson Disease, Decompression Sickness, Gas Embolism, Food Poisoning, Gastrointestinal Disorder, Lead Poisoning, Plumbism, Saturnism, Disease, Hypermotility, Indisposition, Ozone Sickness, Toxaemia, Toxaemia Of Pregnancy, Toxemia, Toxemia Of Pregnancy, Growth
Generic synonyms: Health Problem, Ill Health, Unhealthiness
Derivative terms: Ill, Sick, Unwell
Antonyms: Wellness, Wellness
Specialized synonyms: Condition, Ague, Amyloidosis, Anuresis, Anuria, Catastrophic Illness, Collapse, Prostration, Aeroembolism, Air Embolism, Bends, Caisson Disease, Decompression Sickness, Gas Embolism, Food Poisoning, Gastrointestinal Disorder, Lead Poisoning, Plumbism, Saturnism, Disease, Hypermotility, Indisposition, Ozone Sickness, Toxaemia, Toxaemia Of Pregnancy, Toxemia, Toxemia Of Pregnancy, Growth
Generic synonyms: Health Problem, Ill Health, Unhealthiness
Derivative terms: Ill, Sick, Unwell
Antonyms: Wellness, Wellness
2. Noun. Defectiveness or unsoundness. "A great sickness of his judgment"
3. Noun. The state that precedes vomiting.
Exact synonyms: Nausea
Specialized synonyms: Kinetosis, Motion Sickness, Morning Sickness, Qualm, Queasiness, Squeamishness
Generic synonyms: Symptom
Derivative terms: Nauseate, Nauseous, Sick
Specialized synonyms: Kinetosis, Motion Sickness, Morning Sickness, Qualm, Queasiness, Squeamishness
Generic synonyms: Symptom
Derivative terms: Nauseate, Nauseous, Sick
Definition of Sickness
1. n. The quality or state of being sick or diseased; illness; sisease or malady.
Definition of Sickness
1. the state of being sick [n -ES]
Medical Definition of Sickness
1. 1. The quality or state of being sick or diseased; illness; sisease or malady. "I do lament the sickness of the king." (Shak) "Trust not too much your now resistless charms; Those, age or sickness soon or late disarms." (Pope) 2. Nausea; qualmishness; as, sickness of stomach. Synonym: Illness, disease, malady. See Illness. Origin: AS. Seocness. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sickness
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