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Meaning of illness | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2 Frequent
ˈɪl.nəs

Definitions

  1. An instance of a disease or poor health.
    countable
  2. A state of bad health or disease.
    uncountable

Equivalents

Afrikaans siekte
العربية المرض داء مرض
Azərbaycanca xəstəlik
Беларуская хваро́ба
Български болест заболяване
བོད་སྐད ན་ཚ སྙུང་གཞི
Català malaltia
Čeština nemoc
Cymraeg salwch
Dansk syg sygdom
Deutsch Krankheit
Esperanto afekcio malsano
Español enfermedad
Eesti haigus
Suomi sairaus
Français maladie
Gàidhlig euslaint
ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi maʻi
עברית מחלה
Magyar betegség
Bahasa Indonesia penyakit
Íslenska sjúkdómur
Italiano malattia
日本語 疾病 病気
ქართული ავადმყოფობა
Қазақша ауру
ಕನ್ನಡ ರೋಗ
한국어 질병
Кыргызча оору
Latina aegror morbus
Lingála bokono maláli
Lietuvių liga
Latviešu slimība
Македонски болест
മലയാളം രോഗം
Монгол өвчин
मराठी आजार रोग
Bahasa Melayu penyakit sakit
Malti mard
नेपाली रोग
Nederlands aandoening ziekte
Polski choroba
Română boală
Slovenčina choroba nemoc
Slovenščina bolezen
Shqip sëmundje
Српски liga nemoć болест
Svenska sjukdom
Kiswahili maradhi ugonjwa
தமிழ் நோய் ரோகம்
తెలుగు రోగము వ్యాధి
Тоҷикӣ беморӣ
Türkmençe hassalyk kesel
Tagalog sakit
Türkçe hastalık maraz
ئۇيغۇرچە كېسەللىك
Oʻzbekcha kasallik xastalik
Tiếng Việt bệnh

Examples

“Her grandmother had passed away after a long illness.”
“suffer form a severe illness”
“a mild illness”
“This further exacerbated the diagnostic challenge posed by undifferentiated febrile illness during a “twindemic” of both COVID-19 and dengue, as both illnesses could potentially present with febrile syndromes.”
“Many working days this year have been lost through illness.”
“Illness is a wholistic reality, just as health is wholistic, and healing is the process of moving from illness to health.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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