ILLNESS definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary Illness is the fact or experience of being ill If your child shows any signs of illness, take her to the doctor Mental illness is still a taboo subject An illness is a particular disease such as measles or pneumonia She returned to her family home to recover from an illness
What is illness? - PMC There is much debate in popular media about whether specific conditions are illnesses or not, and whether or how they should be treated What light do these debates throw on why we define a condition as illness, and what are the implications of this decision?
Illness - Definition, Meaning Synonyms | Vocabulary. com It should be calm, matter-of-fact, but strong in sympathy—for the illness though, not for the patient The waves are enormous and I am plagued with illness, constantly spilling my stomach over the side of the raft Some people think mental illness is a matter of mood, a matter of personality
illness - WordReference. com Dictionary of English ill•ness ˈɪlnɪs n Pathology poor health; sickness:[uncountable] He retired early because of illness an example of such poor health:[countable] an illness that can't be treated