ailment (noun)
61sickness — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. ill health, ailment, infirmity; see illness 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. illness, ailment, disease, malady, affliction, infection, *bug, virus, weakness, disorder, syndrome, influenza, flu, pneumonia, queasiness,… …
62Abyzou — Contents 1 Origins 2 The Testament of Solomon 3 On medical amulets …
63cold — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) I n. iciness; ailment, flu. adj. chilling (see cold); unheated; unresponsive, indifferent, unenthusiastic. See cold, disease, insensibility. II Condition of low temperature Nouns 1. cold, coldness,… …
64condition — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. fitness; state, birth, rank, place, estate, station, class; demand, qualification, proviso; plight, situation, status, position, pass, case, circumstances. See repute, circumstance. II (Roget s IV) n …
65ill — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. unwell, sick, indisposed; nauseated. See disease. adv. poorly, badly; wrongly, improperly; clumsily. See unskillfulness, badness. n. See evil. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Bad] Syn. evil, harmful,… …
66indisposition — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Illness] Syn. ailment, sickness, infirmity; see illness 1 . 2. [Aversion] Syn. hesitancy, disinclination, unwillingness; see aversion , hatred 1 , objection 1 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. The state of not being… …
67self-medication — /sɛlf mɛdəˈkeɪʃən/ (say self meduh kayshuhn) noun the use of medication or drugs to treat a perceived ailment, the person suffering the ailment making their own choice of remedy …
68-path — comb. form forming nouns denoting: 1 a practitioner of curative treatment (homoeopath; osteopath). 2 a person who suffers from a disease (psychopath). Etymology: back form. f. PATHY, or f. Gk pathes sufferer (as PATHOS) * * * ˌpath, ˌpaa(ə)th,… …
69ail·ment — /ˈeılmənt/ noun, pl ments [count] : a sickness or illness She suffered from a chronic back ailment. a kidney/liver/lung/skin ailment The doctor treated him for a variety of ailments …
70progressive — adjective 1》 proceeding gradually or in stages: a progressive decline in popularity. ↘(of a disease or ailment) increasing in severity. ↘(of tax) increasing as a proportion of the sum taxed as that sum increases. 2》 favouring social… …
