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Illness

/ˈɪlnəs/
A state of poor health usually caused by disease or sickness

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Even illnesses respected Anna Scheele and kept out of her way.'Bodily illness is more easy to bear than mental.'A long illness, Miss Simmonds?'

Etymology:

etymology
Originating from Old English illnes meaning wickedness, disease, from ill (evil) + -ness, a suffix forming nouns.

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