illness

nouncommon in dialogue

//ˈɪl.nəs//

An instance (episode) of a disease or poor health.

noun

1
An instance (episode) of a disease or poor health.
Her grandmother had passed away after a long illness.
suffer form a severe illness
a mild illness
This further exacerbated the diagnostic challenge posed by undifferentiated febrile illness during a “twindemic” of both COVID-19 and dengue, as both illnesses could potentially present with febrile syndromes.
2
A state of bad health or disease.
Many working days this year have been lost through illness.
Illness is a wholistic reality, just as health is wholistic, and healing is the process of moving from illness to health.

Etymology

Etymology tree English ill Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English illness From ill + -ness.

Forms

plural: illnesses

illicit · Not approved by law, but not invalid.Illinois · A state of the United States, named for the people.illiterate · Unable to read and write.

illness · An instance (episode) of a disease or poor health.

illusion · A distortion of sensory perception where real stimuli lead to…illustrious · Admired, distinguished, respected, or well-known.Im · irregular galaxy with no coherent structure

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