Sickness — Sick ness, n. [AS. se[ o]cness.] 1. The quality or state of being sick or diseased; illness; sisease or malady. [1913 Webster] I do lament the sickness of the king. Shak. [1913 Webster] Trust not too much your now resistless charms; Those, age or … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Sickness — may refer to:*Illness *Disease *Disorder (medicine)It could also refer to: * The Sickness , the debut album by Disturbed * Vov Abraxas is the sound * The Sickness ( Animorphs ), the 29th book in the Animorphs series * Corey Taylor, an American… … Wikipedia
sickness — index disability (physical inability), disease, disorder (abnormal condition), pain, prostration Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
sickness — O.E. seocnesse; see SICK (Cf. sick) and NESS (Cf. ness) … Etymology dictionary
sickness — [n] ill or abnormal condition affection, affliction, ailment, bug*, complaint, condition, disease, diseasedness, disorder, ill, ill health, illness, indisposition, infirmity, malady, nausea, queasiness, syndrome, unhealth, unhealthfulness,… … New thesaurus
sickness — ► NOUN 1) the state of being ill. 2) a particular type of illness or disease. 3) nausea or vomiting … English terms dictionary
sickness — [sik′nis] n. 1. the condition of being sick or diseased; illness 2. a malady or disease 3. nausea … English World dictionary
sickness — noun 1 state of being ill ADJECTIVE ▪ chronic ▪ long, long term (esp. BrE) ▪ The policy includes long term sickness cover. VERB + SICKNESS ▪ … Collocations dictionary
sickness — noun 1 (U) the state of being ill; illness: an insurance policy against long term sickness and injury | working days lost due to sickness 2 (U) the feeling that you are about to bring up food from your stomach; nausea: A wave of sickness came… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
sickness — sick|ness [ˈsıknıs] n 1.) [U] the state of being ill = ↑illness ▪ an insurance policy against long term sickness and injury ▪ working days lost due to sickness 2.) [U] the feeling that you are about to bring up food from your stomach, or the act… … Dictionary of contemporary English
