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noun
A state of illness, or bad health.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, uncountable
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a state in which you are unable to function normally and without pain
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: unhealthiness, health problem
Antonyms: good health
Broader terms: pathological state
Narrower terms: dyscrasia, illness, unwellness, malady, sickness, invalidism, biliousness, infection, pathology, affliction, injury, hurt, harm, trauma, unfitness, softness
History
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Across languages
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
