illness

Definitions

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

Equivalents

74 more languages

Afrikaanssiekte

العربيةالمرضداءدوىسقممرض+ 2 more

Azərbaycan dilixəstəlik

Беларускаяхваро́ба

Българскиболестзаболяване

বাংলাঅসুস্থতাব্যাধিরোগ

བོད་སྐད།ན་ཚསྙུང་གཞི

Bosanskibetegliganemoćболест+ 1 more

Catalàmalaltia

Češtinanemoc

Cymraegsalwch

Dansksygsygdom

Ελληνικάαρρώστιαασθένεια

Esperantoafekciomalsano

Eestihaigus

Suomikipeyssairaus

Gaeilgebreoiteachtgalarothras

Gàidhligeuslainttinneastrioblaid

Galegodoenzaenfermidade

ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻimaʻi

עבריתמחלה

हिन्दीअस्वस्थताआज़ारबीमारीमरजमर्ज़रोगव्याधि+ 4 more

Hrvatskibetegliganemoćболест+ 1 more

Magyarbetegség

Հայերենհիվանդություն

Bahasa Indonesiapenyakit

Íslenskasjúkdómur

Italianomalattia

日本語労き患患い疾病病病気痾+ 4 more

ქართულიავადმყოფობა

Қазақ тіліауру

ភាសាខ្មែរជំងឺជម្ងឺរោគ

ಕನ್ನಡರೋಗ

한국어疾병신병질병탈+ 2 more

Kurdîkêm

Кыргызчаоору

Latinaaegrorimbecillitaslabormalummorbus+ 2 more

Lingálabokonomaláli

ລາວພະຍາດໂລກ

Lietuviųliga

Latviešuslimībavājība

Te Reo Māorimate

Македонскиболест

മലയാളംരോഗം

Монголөвчин

मराठीआजाररोग

Bahasa Melayupenyakitsakit

Maltimard

မြန်မာနာမကျန်းဗျာဓိရောဂါအဖျားအနာ+ 1 more

नेपालीरोग

Nederlandsaandoeningziekte

Polskichoroba

Portuguêsdoençaenfermidademaladia

Românăboală

Русскийболезньнеду́гхворь

Ikinyarwandaindwara

Slovenčinachorobanemoc

Slovenščinabolezen

Shqipsëmundje

Српскиbetegliganemoćболест+ 1 more

Svenskasjukdomsjuklighet

Kiswahilimaradhiugonjwa

தமிழ்நோய்ரோகம்

తెలుగురోగమువ్యాధి

Тоҷикӣбеморӣ

ไทยชวรประชวรพยาธิอาพาธโรคโรคภัยโรคา+ 4 more

Türkmençehassalykkesel

Tagalogsakit

Türkçederthastalıkiğkemmarazrahatsızlıksayrılık+ 4 more

ئۇيغۇرچەكېسەللىك

Українськаболістьзахво́рюваннянедугахвороба+ 1 more

اردوبیماریروگمَرْض

O'zbekchakasallikxastalik

Tiếng Việtbệnhchứng 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