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| NOUN | 1 | sickness, illness, unwellness, malady | Impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism |
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| 2 | sickness | Defectiveness or unsoundness | |
| 3 | sickness, nausea | The state that precedes vomiting |
| Sounds | sih'knahs |
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| Rhymes | abacus, abruptness, absoluteness, and 1127 more rhymes in ahs... |
| Meaning | Impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism. |
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| Synonyms | illness, unwellness, malady |
| Contrary | health, wellness |
| Broader | ill health, unhealthiness, health problem |
| Narrower | ague; amyloidosis; anuresis, anuria; catastrophic illness; collapse; decompression sickness, aeroembolism, air embolism, gas embolism, caisson disease, bends; food poisoning, gastrointestinal disorder; lead poisoning, plumbism, saturnism; disease; hypermotility; indisposition; ozone sickness; toxemia of pregnancy, toxaemia of pregnancy, toxemia, toxaemia; growth |
| Adjectives | sick |
| Meaning | Defectiveness or unsoundness. |
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| Examples | "drugs have become a sickness they cannot cure"; "a great sickness of his judgment" |
| Broader | defectiveness, faultiness |
| Meaning | The state that precedes vomiting. |
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| Synonyms | nausea |
| Broader | symptom |
| Narrower | motion sickness, kinetosis; morning sickness; queasiness, squeamishness, qualm |
| Adjectives | sick; sick |
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