as in diseases
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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Recent Examples of illnesses
These rules, enforced by the state Department of Health, are designed to prevent outbreaks of contagious illnesses that once posed widespread threats.
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Peter Aitken, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Sep. 2025
Public records and lawsuits show that many in-custody deaths involved serious health care lapses — medication being withheld, delayed care and failure to monitor people with serious illnesses.
—Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2025
Florida to drop all vaccine requirements The US state of Florida is planning to drop all vaccination requirements, including routine childhood shots for measles, diphtheria, and other life-threatening illnesses.
—Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Immediately after the illnesses were reported, village staff flushed the line by the home, Elmore said.
—Madeline Heim, jsonline.com, 5 Sep. 2025
No illnesses related to the recall have been reported.
—Julia Gomez, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
These trends were similar in Kentucky as a whole, and the timing aligns with surges of COVID-19 and other respiratory illnesses in previous years.
—Connor Giffin, The Courier-Journal, 30 Aug. 2025
The Arizona Department of Health Services confirms that there are more than 40 species of mosquito that live in the state, and some of them can carry illnesses.
—Shelby Slade, AZCentral.com, 29 Aug. 2025
The human costs of this are the increasing rates of illnesses and the financial costs of health care, lost productivity, and the compounding problems of further environmental denigration.
—Suwanna Gauntlett Upjohn, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Peter Aitken, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Sep. 2025
Public records and lawsuits show that many in-custody deaths involved serious health care lapses — medication being withheld, delayed care and failure to monitor people with serious illnesses.
—Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2025
Florida to drop all vaccine requirements The US state of Florida is planning to drop all vaccination requirements, including routine childhood shots for measles, diphtheria, and other life-threatening illnesses.
—Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Immediately after the illnesses were reported, village staff flushed the line by the home, Elmore said.
—Madeline Heim, jsonline.com, 5 Sep. 2025
No illnesses related to the recall have been reported.
—Julia Gomez, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
These trends were similar in Kentucky as a whole, and the timing aligns with surges of COVID-19 and other respiratory illnesses in previous years.
—Connor Giffin, The Courier-Journal, 30 Aug. 2025
The Arizona Department of Health Services confirms that there are more than 40 species of mosquito that live in the state, and some of them can carry illnesses.
—Shelby Slade, AZCentral.com, 29 Aug. 2025
The human costs of this are the increasing rates of illnesses and the financial costs of health care, lost productivity, and the compounding problems of further environmental denigration.
—Suwanna Gauntlett Upjohn, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for illnesses
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Parents will be especially alarmed and this will place terrible burdens on pediatricians who will need to assuage their worries in order to provide important protections against serious and sometimes fatal diseases.—
Jasmine Laws,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
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Nurabot is currently being piloted in Taichung Veterans General Hospital in Taiwan, on a ward that treats diseases associated with the lungs, face and neck, including lung cancer and asthma.—
Rebecca Cairns,
CNN Money,
12 Sep. 2025
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And, in the course of the novel, the characters do, in fact, die, one after another, but mostly from the ailments of old age.—
Rivka Galchen,
New Yorker,
6 Sep. 2025
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The partnership tried to play through the ailments, but the results weren’t materializing for most of the year.—
The Athletic Tennis Staff,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Pathogens in human poop can remain active for a long time – over a year in outdoor environments – meaning that waste left behind today can cause severe gastrointestinal disease and other sicknesses for future visitors.—
B. Derrick Taff,
The Conversation,
29 Aug. 2025
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One dares to hope that Hollywood, for all its current ills, may finally be turning a corner, reverting back to when new ideas were held at a premium.—
Richard Lawson,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Sep. 2025
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In their assessments, desegregation and the passage of time have cured all of America’s racial ills.—
Time,
Time,
4 Sep. 2025
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But current virus variants continue to spread burning throats, fevers and other miseries.—
Grant Stringer,
Mercury News,
8 Sep. 2025
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Measles also causes fevers and red, watery eyes and can lead to complications such as pneumonia or, in rare cases, brain damage and death.—
Elizabeth Chuck,
NBC News,
4 Mar. 2025
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Nutrient-rich soil in laboratories also does not reflect the challenges of field conditions.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Sep. 2025
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Blake Lively previously identified Swift as a person in her orbit would have knowledge about discussions regarding working conditions on the set of the movie, produced by Wayfarer Studios.—
Winston Cho,
HollywoodReporter,
12 Sep. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Illnesses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/illnesses. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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