sickness (noun)
1sickness — noun 1 state of being ill ADJECTIVE ▪ chronic ▪ long, long term (esp. BrE) ▪ The policy includes long term sickness cover. VERB + SICKNESS ▪ …
2sickness — ► NOUN 1) the state of being ill. 2) a particular type of illness or disease. 3) nausea or vomiting …
3sickness benefit — noun money paid (by the government) to someone who is too ill to work • Syn: ↑sick benefit • Regions: ↑United Kingdom, ↑UK, ↑U.K., ↑Britain, ↑United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, ↑ …
4sickness — noun 1 (U) the state of being ill; illness: an insurance policy against long term sickness and injury | working days lost due to sickness 2 (U) the feeling that you are about to bring up food from your stomach; nausea: A wave of sickness came… …
5sickness benefit — ➔ benefit1 * * * sickness benefit UK US noun UK ► [U] GOVERNMENT, WORKPLACE money a worker is paid by their government because they cannot work as a result of illness or injury: »It is not possible to claim sickness benefit and work at the same… …
6sickness — noun 1) she was absent because of sickness Syn: illness, disease, ailment, complaint, infection, malady, infirmity, indisposition; informal bug, virus 2) a wave of sickness Syn: nausea, biliousness …
7sickness — noun a) The quality or state of being sick or diseased; illness; disease or malady. I do lament the sickness of the king. b) Nausea; qualmishness; as, sickness of stomach. Trust not too much your now resistless charms; Those, age or sickness soon …
8sickness — noun 1) she was absent through sickness Syn: illness, disease, ailment, infection, malady, infirmity; informal bug, virus; Brit.; informal lurgy; Austral.; informal wog 2) a wave of sickness …
9sickness benefit — noun (in the UK) benefit paid weekly by the state to an individual for sickness which interrupts paid employment …
10sickness — noun Date: before 12th century 1. a. ill health ; illness b. a disordered, weakened, or unsound condition 2. a specific disease 3. nausea, queasiness …