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Illness
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Illness
/ˈɪlnəs/
A state of poor health usually caused by disease or sickness
Synonyms:
sickness
disease
ailment
Antonyms:
health
wellness
Examples:
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:
Originating from Old English
illnes
meaning
wickedness, disease
, from
ill
(evil) +
-ness
, a suffix forming nouns.
Usage Statistics:
33 mentions per 1 million words
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