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1
an abnormal state that disrupts a plant's or animal's normal bodily functioning
- suffered from a mysterious illness that left her weak and tired all the time
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the condition of not being in good health
- prone to illness as a child, he was sent to a western ranch with the expectation that it would toughen him up
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The first known use of illness was circa 1500
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