What does illness mean?
Definitions for illness
ˈɪl nɪsill·ness
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word illness.
Princeton's WordNet
illness, unwellness, malady, sickness(noun)
impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism
Wiktionary
illness(Noun)
An instance of a disease or poor health.
illness(Noun)
A state of bad health or disease.
Webster Dictionary
Illness(noun)
the condition of being ill, evil, or bad; badness; unfavorableness
Illness(noun)
disease; indisposition; malady; disorder of health; sickness; as, a short or a severe illness
Illness(noun)
wrong moral conduct; wickedness
British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'illness' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3084
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'illness' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3348
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'illness' in Nouns Frequency: #1161
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of illness in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of illness in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of illness in a Sentence
We know from several studies that if you’re ... healthy, you are no longer infectious after the first week of illness. But there is very little we know about immunocompromised patients, is that 20 days enough or do we need to exercise precautions for longer than that?
After personally reviewing the governor's medical records, with his permission, and visiting with him and his attending physicians, we believe the governor has a viral illness with dehydration, we also conducted a series of tests in which we ruled out other contributing factors, including cardiac issues. The governor is still receiving fluids and is resting comfortably.
I am very optimistic about my condition and the immediate future, as I have been told that the illness was detected at a fairly early stage, my doctors have told me that it is not possible to determine a timetable for a return to the field right now, but I am hopeful that I will be able to play as soon as possible.
Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don't know how to replenish it's source. It dies of blindness and errors and betrayals. It dies of illness and wounds; it dies of weariness, of withering, of tarnishing.
I feel definitely more comfortable going into that match than, for example, today, i had never played( McHale) before, so you feel like you don't really know what's going to happen. Earlier, Latvian 11th seed Anastasija Sevastova became the latest player to be stuck down with a viral illness at the tournament. Sevastova was down 5-0 in the first set of her third round match with Estonian 21st seed Anett Kontaveit when she retired. Her departure came less than 24 hours after Venus Williams was unable to continue Venus Williams match on Sunday, also citing a viral illness. Men's third seed Alexander Zverev also said on Monday after losing to fellow German Jan-Lennard Struff that he too had a virus. Among those women still feeling healthy, three-times grand slam champion Angelique Kerber battled back to beat Russian qualifier Natalia Vikhlyantseva 3-6 6-1 6-3. Kerber took a while to warm to her task on a cool morning in the California desert.
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- مرضArabic
- xəstəlikAzerbaijani
- хваробаBelarusian
- болестBulgarian
- malaltiaCatalan, Valencian
- nemocCzech
- sygDanish
- KrankheitGerman
- ασθένεια, αρρώστιαGreek
- enfermedadSpanish
- haigusEstonian
- بیماریPersian
- sairausFinnish
- maladieFrench
- breoiteachtIrish
- रोगHindi
- betegségHungarian
- հիվանդություն, անառողջությունArmenian
- 病気, 疾病Japanese
- ავადმყოფობაGeorgian
- រោគ, ជម្ងឺ, ជំងឺKhmer
- 질병, 疾病Korean
- morbumLatin
- ligaLithuanian
- slimībaLatvian
- болестMacedonian
- ziekteDutch
- sykdomNorwegian
- chorobaPolish
- enfermidade, doençaPortuguese
- boalăRomanian
- болезньRussian
- bolest, болестSerbo-Croatian
- ලඩෙSinhala, Sinhalese
- choroba, nemocSlovak
- bolezenSlovene
- sjukdomSwedish
- ugonjwaSwahili
- โรคThai
- hastalıkTurkish
- хворобаUkrainian
- đau yếuVietnamese
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