Definitions for: Illness

[n] impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism

Webster (1913) Definition: Ill"ness, n. [From Ill.]
1. The condition of being ill, evil, or bad; badness;
unfavorableness. [Obs.] ``The illness of the weather.''
--Locke.

2. Disease; indisposition; malady; disorder of health;
sickness; as, a short or a severe illness.

3. Wrong moral conduct; wickedness. --Shak.

Syn: Malady; disease; indisposition; ailment.

Usage: Illness, Sickness. Within the present century,
there has been a tendency in England to use illness in
the sense of a continuous disease, disorder of health,
or sickness, and to confine sickness more especially
to a sense of nausea, or ``sickness of the stomach.''

Synonyms: malady, sickness, unwellness

Antonyms: health, wellness

See Also: aeroembolism, ague, air embolism, amyloidosis, anuresis, anuria, bends, caisson disease, catastrophic illness, collapse, decompression sickness, disease, food poisoning, gas embolism, gastrointestinal disorder, growth, health problem, hypermotility, ill health, indisposition, lead poisoning, ozone sickness, plumbism, saturnism, toxaemia, toxaemia of pregnancy, toxemia, toxemia of pregnancy, unhealthiness

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