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Meaning of illness | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2 Frequent

ˈɪl.nəs

Definitions

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

Equivalents

Afrikaans siekte

العربية المرض داء دوى سقم مرض

Azərbaycan dili xəstəlik

Беларуская хваро́ба

Български болест заболяване

বাংলা অসুস্থতা ব্যাধি রোগ

བོད་སྐད། ན་ཚ སྙུང་གཞི

Bosanski beteg liga nemoć болест

Català malaltia

Čeština nemoc

Cymraeg salwch

Dansk syg sygdom

Deutsch Erkrankung Krankheit Übel

Ελληνικά αρρώστια ασθένεια

Esperanto afekcio malsano

Español enfermedad

Eesti haigus

Suomi kipeys sairaus

Français maladie

Gaeilge breoiteacht galar othras

Gàidhlig euslaint tinneas trioblaid

Galego doenza enfermidade

ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi maʻi

עברית מחלה

हिन्दी अस्वस्थता आज़ार बीमारी मरज मर्ज़ रोग व्याधि

Hrvatski beteg liga nemoć болест

Magyar betegség

Հայերեն հիվանդություն

Bahasa Indonesia penyakit

Íslenska sjúkdómur

Italiano malattia

日本語労き患患い疾病病病気痾

ქართული ავადმყოფობა

Қазақ тілі ауру

ភាសាខ្មែរ ជំងឺ ជម្ងឺ រោគ

ಕನ್ನಡ ರೋಗ

한국어 疾 병 신병 질병 탈

Kurdî kêm kêm kêm

Кыргызча оору

Latina aegror imbecillitas labor malum morbus

Lingála bokono maláli

ລາວ ພະຍາດ ໂລກ

Lietuvių liga

Latviešu slimība vājība

Te Reo Māori mate

Македонски болест

മലയാളം രോഗം

Монгол өвчин

मराठी आजार रोग

Bahasa Melayu penyakit sakit

Malti mard

မြန်မာ နာမကျန်း ဗျာဓိ ရောဂါ အဖျားအနာ

नेपाली रोग

Nederlands aandoening ziekte

Polski choroba

Português doença enfermidade maladia

Română boală

Русский болезнь неду́г хворь

Ikinyarwanda indwara

Slovenčina choroba nemoc

Slovenščina bolezen

Shqip sëmundje

Српски beteg liga nemoć болест

Svenska sjukdom sjuklighet

Kiswahili maradhi ugonjwa

தமிழ் நோய் ரோகம்

తెలుగు రోగము వ్యాధి

Тоҷикӣ беморӣ

ไทย ชวร ประชวร พยาธิ อาพาธ โรค โรคภัย โรคา

Türkmençe hassalyk kesel

Tagalog sakit

Türkçe dert hastalık iğ kem maraz rahatsızlık sayrılık

ئۇيغۇرچە كېسەللىك

Українська болість захво́рювання недуга хвороба

اردو بیماری روگ مَرْض

O'zbekcha kasallik xastalik

Tiếng Việt bệnh chứng 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

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

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