sickness

  • 11sickness — sick|ness [ˈsıknıs] n 1.) [U] the state of being ill = ↑illness ▪ an insurance policy against long term sickness and injury ▪ working days lost due to sickness 2.) [U] the feeling that you are about to bring up food from your stomach, or the act… …

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  • 12sickness */*/ — UK [ˈsɪknəs] / US noun Word forms sickness : singular sickness plural sicknesses 1) a) [uncountable] a condition in which you have an illness The team lost because of a combination of injuries and sickness. Time off work because of sickness is… …

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  • 13sickness —   Ma i; ulupō (sudden).    ♦ Siege of sickness, chronic illness, ka a ma i.    ♦ Period of sickness, kau ma i.    ♦ Susceptible to sickness, pāma i.    ♦ Sickness due to displeasure of the family god, ho opa ipa i aumakua.    ♦ Wasting sickness,… …

    English-Hawaiian dictionary

  • 14sickness — /sik nis/, n. 1. a particular disease or malady. 2. the state or an instance of being sick; illness. 3. nausea; queasiness. [bef. 1000; ME siknesse, seknesse, OE seocnesse. See SICK1, NESS] * * * (as used in expressions) altitude sickness… …

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  • 15sickness — noun 1) she was absent because of sickness Syn: illness, disease, ailment, complaint, infection, malady, infirmity, indisposition; informal bug, virus 2) a wave of sickness Syn: nausea, biliousness …

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  • 16sickness — n. 1) altitude, mountain; car; decompression; morning; motion, travel; radiation; sea; sleeping sickness 2) in sickness (and in health) * * * [ sɪknɪs] car decompression morning motion mountain …

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  • 17sickness — sick|ness [ sıknəs ] noun ** 1. ) uncount a condition in which you have an illness: The team lost because of a combination of injuries and sickness. Time off work because of sickness is paid at the full rate. a ) count a particular illness:… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 18Sickness — El término Sickness puede referirse a: The Sickness, primer álbum de estudio de la banda de nu metal Disturbed. Sickness, banda de metal procedente del puerto de Veracruz, México. Esta página de desambiguación cataloga artículos relacionados con… …

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  • 19sickness — noun a) The quality or state of being sick or diseased; illness; disease or malady. I do lament the sickness of the king. b) Nausea; qualmishness; as, sickness of stomach. Trust not too much your now resistless charms; Those, age or sickness soon …

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  • 20sickness — noun 1) she was absent through sickness Syn: illness, disease, ailment, infection, malady, infirmity; informal bug, virus; Brit.; informal lurgy; Austral.; informal wog 2) a wave of sickness …

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