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Definition of Illness
1. Noun. Impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism.
Specialized synonyms: Condition, Ague, Amyloidosis, Anuresis, Anuria, Catastrophic Illness, Collapse, Prostration, Aeroembolism, Air Embolism, Bends, Caisson Disease, Decompression Sickness, Gas Embolism, Food Poisoning, Gastrointestinal Disorder, Lead Poisoning, Plumbism, Saturnism, Disease, Hypermotility, Indisposition, Ozone Sickness, Toxaemia, Toxaemia Of Pregnancy, Toxemia, Toxemia Of Pregnancy, Growth
Generic synonyms: Health Problem, Ill Health, Unhealthiness
Derivative terms: Ill, Sick, Unwell
Antonyms: Wellness, Wellness
Definition of Illness
1. n. The condition of being ill, evil, or bad; badness; unfavorableness.
Definition of Illness
1. Noun. An instance of a disease or poor health. ¹
2. Noun. A state of bad health or disease. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Illness
1. sickness [n -ES] - See also: sickness
Medical Definition of Illness
1. 1. The condition of being ill, evil, or bad; badness; unfavorableness. "The illness of the weather." 2. Disease; indisposition; malady; disorder of health; sickness; as, a short or a severe illness. 3. Wrong moral conduct; wickedness. Within the present century, there has been a tendency in England to use illness in the sense of a continuous disease, disorder of health, or sickness, and to confine sickness more especially to a sense of nausea, or "sickness of the stomach." Synonym: Malady, disease, indisposition, ailment. Origin: From Ill. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Illness
Literary usage of Illness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Memoir of the Life of Elizabeth Fry: With Extracts from Her Journal and Letters by Elizabeth Gurney Fry, Katharine Fry, Rachel Elizabeth Cresswell (1848)
"illness of her sister Rachel Gurney, gradual decline and death—Birth of a ...
Mns. FRY'S return from Ireland was clouded by the illness of her sister, ..."
2. The Concise Dictionary of National Biography by Leslie Stephen, George Smith, Harold F. Oxbury (1885)
"In return he visited her twice in her illness, two months before lier death.
At the last he was prevented by a most serious malady from seeing her once more ..."
3. The history of the decline and fall of the Roman empire by Edward Gibbon (1881)
"Lord Sheffield has given an account of the last illness and death of his friend,
from which the following extracts are taken.] " Mr. Gibbon arrived in the ..."
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