English noun: illness |
1. | illness (state) impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism |
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| Synonyms | malady, sickness, unwellness |
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| Broader (hypernym) | health problem, ill health, unhealthiness |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | aeroembolism, ague, air embolism, amyloidosis, anuresis, anuria, bends, caisson disease, catastrophic illness, collapse, condition, decompression sickness, disease, food poisoning, gas embolism, gastrointestinal disorder, growth, hypermotility, indisposition, lead poisoning, ozone sickness, plumbism, prostration, saturnism, toxaemia, toxaemia of pregnancy, toxemia, toxemia of pregnancy |
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| Antonyms | health, wellness |
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