What does illness mean?

Definitions for illness
ˈɪl nɪsill·ness

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word illness.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. illness, unwellness, malady, sicknessnoun

    impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism

Wiktionary

  1. illnessnoun

    An instance of a disease or poor health.

  2. illnessnoun

    A state of bad health or disease.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Illnessnoun

    Etymology: from ill.

    He that has his chains knocked off, and the prison-doors set open, is perfectly at liberty, though his preference be determined to stay, by the illness of the weather. John Locke.

    On the Lord's day, which immediately preceded this illness, he had received the sacrament. Francis Atterbury, Sermons.

    Since the account her majesty received of the insolent behaviour of the faction, during her late illness at Windsor, she hath been willing to see them deprived of all power to do mischief. Jonathan Swift.

    Thou would be great;
    Art not without ambition; but without
    The illness should attend it. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

ChatGPT

  1. illness

    Illness is a state of poor health or a condition in which a person's physical or mental condition is impaired, typically caused by disease, disorder, or injury. It is often characterized by certain symptoms and signs, such as pain, fatigue, or fever, and may prevent an individual from functioning normally or optimally.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Illnessnoun

    the condition of being ill, evil, or bad; badness; unfavorableness

  2. Illnessnoun

    disease; indisposition; malady; disorder of health; sickness; as, a short or a severe illness

  3. Illnessnoun

    wrong moral conduct; wickedness

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'illness' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3084

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'illness' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3348

  3. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'illness' in Nouns Frequency: #1161

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of illness in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of illness in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of illness in a Sentence

  1. Claudio Maierovitch:

    We based our response on the scientific knowledge available, that Zika caused a mild illness without major complications, but as soon as we saw that there was an association with microcephaly, we reacted in record time.

  2. Alaine Alvarez:

    It warms my heart to know that Lou made such a difference to so many others who also lost a loved one to an illness affiliated with 9/11.

  3. Linda Casper:

    I knew the biggest thing was going to be being able to see and talk to other kids — being the interesting thing that kids want to talk to because you’re a robot, not because all of your hair is falling out, they’re not curious about their illness ; they’re curious about this cool robot — and that just frees the kids in a whole new way.

  4. Robert Redfield:

    There's been good communication with our colleagues to confirm asymptomatic infection, to confirm asymptomatic transmission, to be able to get a better handle on the clinical spectrum of illness in China, what we don't know though is how much of the asymptomatic cases are driving transmission.

  5. Nelson Chao:

    In the event of acute radiation exposure, illness is determined by extent of exposure to radiation dose and time.

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