Definitions for AILMENT
ˈeɪl məntail·ment

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.7 / 3 votes

1. ailment, complaint, illnoun

   an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining

WiktionaryRate this definition:2.0 / 2 votes

1. ailmentnoun

   Something which ails one; a disease; sickness.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Ailmentnoun

   Pain; disease.

   Etymology: from ail.

   Little ailments oft attend the fair,
   Not decent for a husband’s eye or ear. George Granville.

   I am never ill, but I think of your ailments, and repine that they mutually hinder our being together. Jonathan Swift, Letters.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ailment

   An ailment is a minor health condition or illness that causes discomfort or distress to an individual. It often refers to a specific symptom or set of symptoms that affect a person's physical or mental well-being. Ailments are typically non-life-threatening conditions that can be alleviated with simple treatments or remedies.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. Ailmentnoun

   indisposition; morbid affection of the body; -- not applied ordinarily to acute diseases

Anagrams for AILMENT »

1. aliment

How to pronounce AILMENT?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

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   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of AILMENT in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of AILMENT in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of AILMENT in a Sentence

1. Ahmadu Kanduwa:

   I have this thought, if he had received say five or six doses, he would have been immune from this ailment.

2. James Madison, Federalist 10:

   Liberty is to faction, what air is to fire, an ailment without which it instantly expires. But it could not be a less folly to abolish liberty, which is essential to political life, because it nourishes faction, than it would be to wish the annihilation of air, which is essential to animal life, because it imparts to fire its destructive agency.

3. Phil Noble:

   It's not that she raises a bunch of money for a PAC that causes her problems with middle class voters. That is a symptom as opposed to the ailment, the larger illness is she is out of touch with middle class voters -- she does have a lifestyle and a history that is about as alien to middle class voters as corporate jets are to a Subaru.

4. Linda Carnes-McNaughton:

   We just have to understand that these people were suffering, they were seeking relief for any kind of ailment, and certainly if there was warfare on the water, there were wounds among other ailments that needed treatment. It wasn't always a formally trained person in desperate times. That's probably more common than we know.

5. Nathaniel Hawthorne:

   A bodily disease which we look upon as whole and entire within itself, may, after all, be but a symptom of some ailment in the spiritual part.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=AILMENT
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Ailment
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=AILMENT
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/AILMENT