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Definition of affliction
1 : a cause of persistent pain or distress a mysterious affliction
2 : great suffering felt empathy with their affliction
3 : the state of being afflicted by something that causes suffering her affliction with polio
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Examples of affliction in a Sentence
She lost her sight and is now learning to live with her affliction.
He died from a mysterious affliction.
Recent Examples of affliction from the Web
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Also, a growing number of scientists believe that understanding rare afflictions such as Creutzfeldt-Jakob might lead to cures for the more common diseases, such as Alzheimer's.
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The affliction was formally named in 1984 by Norman E. Rosenthal and colleagues at the National Institute of Mental Health in Bethesda, Maryland.
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New research suggests the spread of blood-sucking kissing bugs that contain parasites that carry Chagas Disease may well help that affliction spread into North America.
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Catchings' father says his son suffered from the harmful effects of lead paint, a common affliction among young people in West Baltimore.
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Still, Banco Popular suffered from the same affliction that affects many others in the euro area: a mountain of nonperforming assets—36 billion euros, in the Spanish lender’s case.
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Perhaps because an old affliction haunts The Cuban: exile politics and divisions.
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What’s going Leaving June 30 Affliction (1997) Air Bud (1997)
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Uncontrollable video game playing is a 21st century affliction in search of an identity.
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Origin and Etymology of affliction
see afflict
AFFLICTION Defined for English Language Learners
affliction
playDefinition of affliction for English Language Learners
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: something (such as a disease) that causes pain or suffering
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: the state of being affected by something that causes suffering
AFFLICTION Defined for Kids
affliction
playDefinition of affliction for Students
1 : the state of being affected by something that causes pain or unhappiness his affliction with polio
2 : something that causes pain or unhappiness Chicken pox is an affliction caused by a virus.
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