English > sickness: 3 senses > noun 1, state| Meaning | impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism. |
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| Synonyms | illness, unwellness, malady |
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| Narrower | ague | A fit of shivering or shaking |
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| amyloidosis | A disorder characterized by deposit of amyloid in organs or tissues |
| anuresis, anuria | inability to urinate |
| catastrophic illness | severe illness requiring prolonged hospitalization / hospitalization or recovery |
| collapse, prostration | An abrupt failure of function or complete physical exhaustion |
| condition | An illness, disease, or other medical problem |
| decompression sickness, aeroembolism, air embolism, gas embolism, caisson disease, bends | pain resulting from rapid change in pressure |
| disease | An impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning |
| food poisoning, gastrointestinal disorder | illness caused by poisonous or contaminated food |
| growth | (pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor) |
| hypermotility | excessive movement |
| indisposition | A slight illness |
| lead poisoning, plumbism, saturnism | toxic condition produced by the absorption of excessive lead into the system |
| ozone sickness | illness that can occur to persons exposed to ozone in high-altitude aircraft |
| toxemia of pregnancy, toxaemia of pregnancy, toxemia, toxaemia | An abnormal condition of pregnancy characterized by hypertension and edema and protein in the urine |
| Broader | ill health, unhealthiness, health problem | A state in which you are unable to function normally and without pain |
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| Opposite | health, wellness | A healthy state of wellbeing free from disease |
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| Spanish | afección, enfermedad, mal, patología |
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| Catalan | afecció, malaltia, patologia |
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| Adjectives | sick | affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function |
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