Definitions for ailmentˈeɪl mənt

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

ail•mentˈeɪl mənt(n.)

  1. a physical disorder or illness, esp. of a minor or chronic nature.

    Category: Pathology

Origin of ailment:

1700–10

Princeton's WordNet

  1. ailment, complaint, ill(noun)

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

Wiktionary

  1. ailment(Noun)

    Something which ails one; a disease; sickness.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Ailment(noun)

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


Translations for ailment

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

ailment(noun)

an illness, usually not serious or dangerous

Children often have minor ailments.

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