illness
An instance (episode) of a disease or poor health.
Example
“Her grandmother had passed away after a long illness.”
Other meanings
A state of bad health or disease.
“Many working days this year have been lost through illness.”
Related words
- illnesslike
- nonillness
- mental illness
- accelerated critical illness
- critical illness
- chronic illness
- final illness
- folk illness
- food-derived illness
- foodborne illness
- Gulf War illness
- postorgasmic illness syndrome
Example sentences
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “illness” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.