illness
ill·ness
noun
1.
impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism
Origin
From ill + -ness.
Phrases
- accelerated critical illness
- chronic illness
- critical illness
- final illness
- folk illness
- food-derived illness
- foodborne illness
- Gulf War illness
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