Definition of Sickness

1. Noun. Impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism.


2. Noun. Defectiveness or unsoundness. "A great sickness of his judgment"
Generic synonyms: Defectiveness, Faultiness

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

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

sickle medick
sickle scotoma
sicklied
sicklier
sicklies
sickliest
sicklily
sickliness
sicklinesses
sickling
sickling
sickly
sickly
sicklying
sickness (current term)
sickness (current term)
sicknesses
sickness benefit
sickness impact profile
sicko
sickos
sickout
sickouts
sickroom
sickrooms
sicks
sick bag
sick benefit
sick berth
sick building syndrome

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