sickness
sick‧ness /ˈsɪknəs, ˈsɪknɪs/ BrE AmE noun [Word Family: noun: ↑sick, the sick, ↑sickness, ↑sicko; adjective: ↑sick, ↑sickening, ↑sickly; adverb: ↑sickeningly, ↑sickly; verb: ↑sicken] 1. [uncountable] the state of being ill SYN illness: an insurance policy against long-term sickness and injury working days lost due to sickness 2. [uncountable] the feeling that you are about to bring up food from your stomach, or the act of bringing food up SYN nausea travel/motion/car/sea etc sickness (=sickness that some people get while travelling) Liam had suffered violent sickness and diarrhoea. ⇨ ↑morning sickness, ↑sleeping sickness 3. [countable] a particular illness: war-related sicknesses 4. [uncountable and countable] the serious problems and weaknesses of a social, political, or economic system: He said the idea of ‘success’ was part of the sickness of Western cultures. • • • THESAURUS the general state of being ill ▪ illness the general state of being ill: Stress is emerging today as a major cause of illness. ▪ sickness the state of being ill, especially when it stops you working: absence from work due to sickness ▪ ill health formal the state of being ill, usually for a long period of time: Research shows that there is a link between air pollution and ill health.
sicknesshu◎ | ['siknis] | ※ | danh từ | | ■ | sự ốm, sự bệnh, sự đau yếu | | ■ | căn bệnh, loại bệnh, loại đau ốm nào đó | | ☆ | falling sickness | | (từ cổ,nghĩa cổ) bệnh động kinh | | ☆ | sleeping sickness | | bệnh hay buồn ngủ | | ■ | cảm giác buồn nôn; sự nôn mửa |
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