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noun
The state or characteristic of being unwell; a feeling of slight to moderate sickliness.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: illness, malady, sickness
Antonyms: wellness
Broader terms: ill health, unhealthiness, health problem
Narrower terms: condition, ague, amyloidosis, anuresis, anuria, catastrophic illness, collapse, prostration, decompression sickness, aeroembolism, air embolism, gas embolism, caisson disease, bends, food poisoning, gastrointestinal disorder, lead poisoning, plumbism, saturnism, disease, hypermotility, indisposition, ozone sickness, toxemia of pregnancy, toxaemia of pregnancy, toxemia, toxaemia, growth
History
Etymology tree English unwell Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English unwellness From unwell + -ness.
