Illness Definition

ĭlnĭs
illnesses
noun
illnesses
The condition of being ill, or in poor health; sickness; disease.
Webster's New World
A disease.
American Heritage Medicine
Wickedness.
Webster's New World
The quality of being disagreeable or unpleasant.
American Heritage
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Other Word Forms of Illness

Noun

Singular:
illness
Plural:
illnesses

Origin of Illness

  • From ill +‎ -ness.

    From Wiktionary

Illness Sentence Examples

  • There is serious illness in her family.

  • How has his whole illness gone?

  • She was terrified by his illness, and yet that was just what she needed.

  • Avicenna, however, remained hidden for forty days in a sheik's house, till a fresh attack of illness induced the amir to restore him to his post.

  • In 1880 he went to Milan for the inauguration of the Mentana monument, and in 1882 visited Naples and Palermo, but was prevented by illness from being present at the 600th anniversary of the Sicilian Vespers.

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Words Starting With

IILILL

Words Ending With

SSSESS

Unscrambles

illness

Words Starting With I and Ending With S

Starts With I & Ends With SStarts With IL & Ends With SStarts With I & Ends With SS

Word Length

7 Letter Words7 Letter Words Starting With I7 Letter Words Ending With S