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sickness
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33 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. sickness
  2. altitude sickness
  3. bush sickness
  4. decompression sickness
  5. dry-sickness
  6. irradiation sickness
  7. lambing sickness
  8. light sickness
  9. lung sickness
  10. milk sickness
  11. morning sickness
  12. motion sickness
  13. mountain sickness
  14. poll sickness
  15. radiation sickness
  16. railroad sickness
  17. roentgen sickness
  18. serum sickness
  19. sleeping sickness
  20. spewing sickness
  21. stem sickness
  22. swing sickness
  23. top sickness
  24. train sickness
  25. turning sickness
  26. western duck sickness
  27. carsick
  28. clover-sick
  29. licking disease
  30. nursing anemia

sick·ness

noun \ˈsik-nəs\

Definition of SICKNESS

1
a : ill health : illness
b : a disordered, weakened, or unsound condition
2
: a specific disease
3
: nausea, queasiness
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Examples of SICKNESS

  1. He died from an unknown sickness.
  2. <she was plagued by sickness most of her adult life>

First Known Use of SICKNESS

before 12th century

Related to SICKNESS

Synonyms
illness, indisposition, unhealthiness, unsoundness
Antonyms
health, healthiness, soundness, wellness, wholeness, wholesomeness

Rhymes with SICKNESS

lychnis, quickness, slickness, thickness

sick·ness

noun \ˈsik-nəs\   (Medical Dictionary)

Medical Definition of SICKNESS

1
: the condition of being ill : ill health
2
: a specific disease
3
: nausea

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