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| ailment |
a sickness or disorder; illness. |
| bout |
a period or attack of sickness. [1/2 definitions] |
| bug |
(informal) a germ that causes disease or sickness. [1/6 definitions] |
| cold |
a common sickness that causes sneezing, coughing, and a runny nose. Colds are caused by a virus. [1/7 definitions] |
| common cold |
a common sickness that causes sneezing, sore throat, coughing, and a stuffy nose; cold. |
| condition |
a sickness or an unhealthy state of the body. [1/7 definitions] |
| disease |
a condition that causes harm to the health of a person, animal, or plant; illness; sickness. |
| disorder |
a physical or mental sickness or ailment. [1/3 definitions] |
| health |
the condition of being without sickness or pain; fit [1/2 definitions] |
| healthy |
being free from sickness; well; fit. [1/3 definitions] |
| illness |
the condition of being ill; sickness. [2 definitions] |
| pale |
of a color that is lighter than usual because of sickness or emotion. [1/3 definitions] |
| preventive |
a medicine that keeps disease or sickness away. [1/3 definitions] |
| sickly |
having to do with or caused by sickness. [1/2 definitions] |
| stroke |
a sudden sickness in the brain caused by the breaking or blocking of a blood vessel. A stroke can cause parts of the body to become numb. It can also cause death. [1/6 definitions] |
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