sickness

Or that "bottling up" emotions could cause heart attacks or other sicknesses.
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There are internal sicknesses & problems that have needed to be addressed.
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It suffers from impaired vitality, and uncertain aim; two deadly sicknesses.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25)|Robert Louis Stevenson
Thus then have I considered the sicknesses of my sins in that threefold concupiscence, and have called Thy right hand to my help.
The Confessions of Saint Augustine|Saint Augustine

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
The pamphlet proclaimed the virtues of Christian Science to heal all kinds of mental and physical sicknesses and troubles.
Around Old Bethany|Robert Lee Berry
His frequent sicknesses worried the mother, until a famous Glasgow specialist had examined the lad and given his verdict.
The Viking Blood|Frederick William Wallace

British Dictionary definitions for sickness

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 sickness

sickness

[ sĭk′nĭs ]

The condition of being sick; illness.

A disease or an illness.

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