sickness

[ sik-nis ]

/ ˈsɪk nɪs /

noun

a particular disease or malady.

the state or an instance of being sick; illness.

nausea; queasiness.

Words nearby sickness

sickle-hocked, sicklebill, sicklemia, sickling, sickly, sickness, sickness benefit, sicko, sickout, sickroom, sicut patribus, sit deus nobis

Origin of sickness

before 1000; Middle English siknesse, seknesse, Old English sēocnesse. See sick¹, -ness

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Examples from the Web for sicknesses

Or that "bottling up" emotions could cause heart attacks or other sicknesses.
All Too Human: Santorum's Biases Begin at Perception|David Frum|February 27, 2012|DAILY BEAST
She is one of those people who seem to take a gruesome pleasure in detailing all their many aches and pains and sicknesses.
Anne Of The Island|Lucy Maud Montgomery
O thou great devil Maha-Sohon, take away these sicknesses by accepting the offerings made frequently to thee.
The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies|Robert Gordon Latham
He ‘took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses’; He knew when ‘virtue had gone out of Him.’
Out in the Forty-Five|Emily Sarah Holt

I hold,” said Luther, “that the Devil sendeth all heavy diseases and sicknesses upon people.
The Three Devils: Luther's, Milton's, and Goethe's|David Masson
Sicknesses come thicker and thicker; friends are fewer and fewer.
A Lamp to the Path|W. K. Tweedie

British Dictionary definitions for sicknesses

sickness

/ (ˈsɪknɪs) /

noun

an illness or disease

nausea or queasiness

the state or an instance of being sick

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Medical definitions for sicknesses

sickness

[ sĭk′nĭs ]

n.

The condition of being sick; illness.

A disease or an illness.

sickness

noun

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Origin of sickness

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British Dictionary definitions for sicknesses

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Medical definitions for sicknesses

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