sickness


Definition: Meaning of, sickness in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈsɪknəs /

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sickness sicknesses
  1. [uncountable] the state of being ill [=  illness]
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  2. [uncountable] the feeling that you are about to bring up food from your stomach, or the act of bringing food up [=  nausea]
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  3. [countable] a particular illness
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  4. [uncountable and countable] the serious problems and weaknesses of a social, political, or economic system
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sickness used in phrases

  • altitude sickness (noun)
    1. as nosebleed or nausea effects of oxygen deficiency in the blood and tissues at high altitudes
  • car sickness (noun)
    1. motion sickness experienced while travelling in a car
  • decompression sickness (noun)
    1. a dangerous medical condition that people get when they come up from deep under the sea too quickly [=  the bends]
  • milk sickness (noun)
    1. disease of livestock and especially cattle poisoned by eating certain kinds of snakeroot
    2. caused by consuming milk from cattle suffering from trembles
  • morning sickness (noun)
    1. a feeling of sickness that some women have during the morning when they are PREGNANT, usually in the early months
  • motion sickness (noun)
    1. a feeling of illness that some people get when travelling by car, boat, plane etc [=  seasickness British English] [=  travel sickness, carsickness]
  • mountain sickness (noun)
    1. nausea and shortness of breath experienced by mountain climbers above ten thousand feet
  • ozone sickness (noun)
    1. illness that can occur to persons exposed to ozone in high-altitude aircraft; characterized by sleepiness and headache and chest pains and itchiness
  • radiation sickness (noun)
    1. an illness that is caused when your body receives too much radiation
  • serum sickness (noun)
    1. a delayed allergic reaction to the injection of an antiserum caused by an antibody reaction to an antigen in the donor serum
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