Ailment

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A physical or mental disorder, especially a mild illness.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Something which ails one; a disease; sickness.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Indisposition; morbid affection of the body; -- not applied ordinarily to acute diseases.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Disease; indisposition; morbid affection of the body: not ordinarily applied to acute diseases.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    disorder    upset   
    Cross Reference
    disease   
    Hyponym
    motion sickness    kinetosis    pip   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    indisposition    disorder    ail    complaint    trouble    affection    ill    illness    sickness    infirmity   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    illness    malady    infection    disorder    diarrhea    headache    rheumatism    affliction    asthma    bronchitis