ailment (noun)

  • 11ailment — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. disease, illness, malady. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. disease, illness, sickness, infirmity; see disease . See Synonym Study at disease . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. illness, malady, affliction. see …

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  • 12ailment — ail|ment [ eılmənt ] noun count an illness, usually not a serious one …

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  • 13ailment — [ˈeɪlmənt] noun [C] a minor illness …

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  • 14status ailment — noun A negative status effect that adversely affects the afflicted character (such as poison, blind, mute) …

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  • 15occupational ailment — occupational ailment, occupational disease or occupational injury noun A disease, injury, etc, to which workers engaged in a particular occupation are prone because of the conditions of that occupation • • • Main Entry: ↑occupy …

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  • 16prognostic — [prɒg nɒstɪk] adjective predicting the likely course of a disease or ailment. noun archaic an omen. Derivatives prognostically adverb Origin ME: from L. prognosticus from Gk prognōstikos, from prognōsis (see prognosis) …

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  • 17malady — noun /ˈmælˌə.di/ a) Any ailment or disease of the human body; especially, a lingering or deep seated disorder. b) A moral or mental defect or disorder. Syn: ailment, disease, disorder, distemper …

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  • 18stomach — noun 1 part of the body where food is digested ADJECTIVE ▪ empty, full ▪ You shouldn t drink wine on an empty stomach (= without eating food). ▪ dodgy (BrE, informal), queasy, upset …

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  • 19heart attack — noun a sudden severe instance of abnormal heart function • Hypernyms: ↑attack, ↑heart failure, ↑coronary failure • Part Meronyms: ↑coronary thrombosis, ↑coronary, ↑myocardial infarction, ↑myocardial infar …

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  • 20motion sickness — noun the state of being dizzy or nauseated because of the motions that occur while traveling in or on a moving vehicle • Syn: ↑kinetosis • Hypernyms: ↑ailment, ↑complaint, ↑ill, ↑nausea, ↑sickness • Hyponyms …

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