illness

ill·ness

I0036700 (ĭl′nĭs)n.1. a. Poor health resulting from disease of body or mind; sickness.b. A disease.2. Obsolete a. The quality of being disagreeable or unpleasant.b. Evil; wickedness.

illness

(ˈɪlnɪs) n1. a disease or indisposition; sickness2. a state of ill health3. obsolete wickedness

ill•ness

(ˈɪl nɪs)

n. 1. unhealthy condition; poor health; indisposition; sickness. 2. Obs. wickedness. [1490–1500]

illness

accession - Can be the "onset of illness or a powerful feeling."
allopathy, homeopathy - Allopathy is treatment to suppress the symptoms of illness using the principle of opposites, while homeopathy encourages, rather than suppresses, the body's reaction to an illness.
idiopathic disease - An illness of unknown cause.
languor - Any distressed condition, such as illness, sorrow, fatigue, etc.

illness

disease">disease1. 'illness'

If you have an illness, there is something wrong with your health. An illness can last for a long time or a short time, and its effects can be serious or not serious.

The doctor thought that Bae's illness was caused by stress.

You can use the adjectives long and short in front of illness, but not in front of disease.

He died last month after a long illness.2. 'disease'

A disease is a particular kind of illness caused by bacteria or an infection. Diseases can often be passed from one person to another.

Glaucoma is an eye disease.Children should be immunised against dangerous diseases.

Animals and plants can also have diseases, but not illnesses.

Scrapie is a disease that affects sheep.The trees were killed by Dutch Elm disease.

Thesaurus

Noun

illness - impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organismsickness, unwellness, maladycondition - an illness, disease, or other medical problem; "a heart condition"; "a skin condition"health problem, ill health, unhealthiness - a state in which you are unable to function normally and without painague - a fit of shivering or shakingamyloidosis - a disorder characterized by deposit of amyloid in organs or tissues; often secondary to chronic rheumatoid arthritis or tuberculosis or multiple myelomaanuresis, anuria - inability to urinatecatastrophic illness - severe illness requiring prolonged hospitalization or recovery; usually involves high costs for hospitals and doctors and medicinescollapse, prostration - an abrupt failure of function or complete physical exhaustion; "the commander's prostration demoralized his men"bends, caisson disease, decompression sickness, gas embolism, aeroembolism, air embolism - pain resulting from rapid change in pressurefood poisoning, gastrointestinal disorder - illness caused by poisonous or contaminated foodlead poisoning, plumbism, saturnism - toxic condition produced by the absorption of excessive lead into the systemdisease - an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioninghypermotility - excessive movement; especially excessive motility of the gastrointestinal tractindisposition - a slight illnessozone sickness - illness that can occur to persons exposed to ozone in high-altitude aircraft; characterized by sleepiness and headache and chest pains and itchinesstoxaemia, toxaemia of pregnancy, toxemia, toxemia of pregnancy - an abnormal condition of pregnancy characterized by hypertension and edema and protein in the urinegrowth - (pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor)health, wellness - a healthy state of wellbeing free from disease; "physicians should be held responsible for the health of their patients"

illness

noun sickness, ill health, malaise, attack, disease, complaint, infection, disorder, bug (informal), disability, ailment, affliction, poor health, malady, infirmity, indisposition, lurgy (informal) She returned to her family home to recover from an illness.

illness

noun1. The condition of being sick:affliction, disorder, indisposition, infirmity, sickness.2. A pathological condition of mind or body:ailment, complaint, disease, disorder, ill, infirmity, malady, sickness.

Translations

疾病

ill

(il) – comparative worse (wəːs) : superlative worst (wəːst) – adjective1. not in good health; not well. She was ill for a long time.有病的2. bad. ill health; These pills have no ill effects.坏的3. evil or unlucky. ill luck.不吉祥的 adverb not easily. We could ill afford to lose that money. 难以处理的，困难地 noun1. evil. I would never wish anyone ill.不幸2. trouble. all the ills of this world.灾祸ill- badly. ill-equipped; ill-used.不好地ˈillness noun a state or occasion of being unwell. There is a lot of illness in the village just now; childhood illnesses.疾病ˌill-at-ˈease adjective uncomfortable; embarrassed. She feels ill-at-ease at parties.不自在的ˌill-ˈfated adjective ending in, or bringing, disaster. an ill-fated expedition.招致不幸的ˌill-ˈfeeling noun (an) unkind feeling (towards another person). The two men parted without any ill-feeling(s).敌意ˌill-ˈmannered / ˌill-ˈbred adjective having bad manners. He's an ill-mannered young man. 举止粗鲁的，无礼貌的 ˌill-ˈtempered / ˌill-ˈnatured adjective having or showing bad temper. Don't be so ill-natured just because you're tired.易发火的ˌill-ˈtreat verb to treat badly or cruelly. She often ill-treated her children.虐待ˌill-ˈtreatment noun虐待ˌill-ˈuse (-ˈjuːz) verb to ill-treat. 虐待ˌill-ˈwill noun unkind feeling. I bear you no ill-will.恶意be taken ill to become ill. He was taken ill at the party and was rushed to hospital.得病ill means unwell: He was very ill when he had pneumonia .
sick means vomiting or inclined to vomit: He was sick twice in the car ; I feel sick .

illness

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illness

[il´nes] disease.folk illness the experience of symptoms that are not identifiable with biomedical categories of disease; causes include natural forces, supernatural factors, interpersonal factors, and emotions. An example is susto, which is a Hispanic term for fright caused by a traumatic experience. Symptoms include listlessness, loss of appetite, and withdrawal. Curanderos (folk healers) treat the illness with prayers, rituals, and laying on of hands.psychosomatic illness somatoform disorder" >somatoform disorder.

dis·ease

(di-zēz'), 1. An interruption, cessation, or disorder of a body, system, or organ structure or function.
See also: syndrome. Synonym(s): illness, morbus, sickness2. A morbid entity ordinarily characterized by two or more of the following criteria: recognized etiologic agent(s), identifiable group of signs and symptoms, or consistent anatomic alterations.
See also: syndrome. [Eng. dis- priv. + ease]

dis·ease

nosophobia, pathophobia.

illness

(ĭl′nĭs)n.a. Poor health resulting from disease of body or mind; sickness.b. A disease.

illness

The state of being unwell.
EBM
As defined by regulatory agencies—e.g., for the purposes of the US Food and Drug Administration—the term illness may be modified with certain adjectives (e.g., catastrophic, life-threatening, severely debilitating), in order to allow patients to receive experimental drugs which do not have FDA approval.

illness

The state of being unwell, a term used by regulatory agencies–eg, the FDA, which modifies 'illness' with certain adjectives, in order to allow Pts to receive experimental drugs that do not have FDA approval. See Life-threatening illness, Severely debilitating illness.

dis·ease

(di-zēz) 1. An interruption, cessation, or disorder of body functions, systems, or organs.
Synonym(s): illness, morbus, sickness. 2. A morbid entity characterized usually by at least two of these criteria: recognized etiologic agent(s), identifiable group of signs and symptoms, or consistent anatomic alterations.
See also: syndrome[Eng. dis- priv. + ease]

Patient discussion about illness

Q. Is there any way to control the sickness? Hi everybody. I am asking this question from my friend user name. I am 26 and in the first trimester. Whole day sickness hurts me a lot. Smell of any kind of food is horrible. It’s becoming more frustrating; even television commercials make me nauseous. Is there any way to control the sickness? A. In the first half of pregnancy, sickness and nausea are quite common. For some woman it goes after three months and in very rare cases where woman has the chances of doubles or triplets, nausea and vomiting symptom stays on. Yes, there are ways to control the sickness. Some of them are try to have food in short intervals but make sure not to be hungry. Drink more of fruit juices and water especially lemon. Avoid spicy food and smell that could make you worse. If none of the remedies suggested are going to work out for you, it is better to consult your physician. Hope you get benefited with this.

Q. Is garlic helpful in heart ailments? I have heard that garlic is very good for cardiac health and using in curries or cooked with foods will be helpful. I have also heard that it has anti-inflammatory substances and also helps in weight loss. Is garlic helpful in heart ailments?A. It acts as antioxidant and reduces the amount of free radicals in your body. It’s helpful once taken raw. But the raw garlic can cause bad breadth and blistering of skin and diarrhea. So, there should be a reduced intake of raw garlic. It’s better to have garlic in a cooked up form like in curries or with vegetables. This will also give the desired benefits of garlic and the side effect of over consumption of garlic will also be reduced.
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Q. How is morning sickness treated? I have been suffering from morning sickness all throughout my first 4 weeks of pregnancy. Is there a way to treat morning sickness?A. Morning sickness during first few weeks of pregnancy is very common. Here is some information about morning sickness and how to deal with it - http://www.5min.com/Video/Dealing-with-Morning-Sickness-25153508

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