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Definition of Ailment

1. Noun. An often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining.

Definition of Ailment

1. n. Indisposition; morbid affection of the body; -- not applied ordinarily to acute diseases.

Definition of Ailment

1. Noun. Something which ails one; a disease; sickness. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ailment

1. a physical or mental disorder [n -S]

Medical Definition of Ailment

1. Indisposition; morbid affection of the body; not applied ordinarily to acute diseases. "Little ailments." Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ailment

Literary usage of Ailment

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1904)
"Temporary , ailment or disorder. A temporary ailment from which a person recovers cannot be considered a "disease" within the meaning of a life insurance ..."

2. A Treatise on the Law of Insurance of Every Kind by Joseph Asbury Joyce (1917)
"Bodily infirmity means, therefore, a settled disease, an ailment which would probably ... It only includes an ailment or disorder of a somewhat settled or ..."

3. The Invasion of the Crimea: Its Origin, and an Account of Its Progress Down by Alexander William Kinglake (1887)
"A SLIGHT ailment AFFECTING THE CHIEF. CHAP. No tortures at all like in kind to those that Pelissier • — ^ — • suffered under the attempted dictation of his ..."

4. Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle by Jane Welsh Carlyle, Thomas Carlyle, James Anthony Froude (1883)
"... and do not be uneasy; I have no ailment now, but weakness, and so soon as I can get into the ah-, that will wear oft. And now I must stop for this time. ..."

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