Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A physical or mental disorder, especially a mild illness.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Disease; indisposition; morbid affection of the body: not ordinarily applied to acute diseases.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Indisposition; morbid affection of the body; -- not applied ordinarily to acute diseases.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Something which
ails one; adisease ;sickness .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining
Etymologies
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Examples
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The ailment is physical, but the reason for the ailment is legal.
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The ailment is not only a personal and family tragedy; it is an enormous national expense -- $170 billion and rising fast.
James Pinkerton: Maria Shriver's Kennedy-esque Dream: A World Without Alzheimer's James Pinkerton 2010
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Indeed, the failure to screen for this pervasive ailment is at best negligent and at worst tinged with the broad brush of racism.
Randall Amster: The Most Common Disease You've Never Heard Of Randall Amster 2010
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Julian Sanchez: In the real world, the decision to do throw the kitchen sink at every ailment is either funded by the government, or by private insurance.
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(Pena, out since early July with a quadriceps ailment, is not expected to play again this season, General Manager Dave Kasper said.)
D.C. United news & notes: player shortage, trialist Steve Goff 2010
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When someone seems so dissatisfied with life and just perpetually grumpy, this type of physical ailment is no surprise.
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First, a few basics: the ailment is known as G6PD deficiency (for glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase) and, according to a 2008 article in The Lancet, it "is the most common human enzyme defect, being present in more than 400 million people worldwide."
Randall Amster: The Most Common Disease You've Never Heard Of Randall Amster 2010
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In the real world, the decision to do throw the kitchen sink at every ailment is either funded by the government, or by private insurance.
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Whether your ailment is physical or psychological, there will be a memoir to suit.
Misery is Money! Sharon Bakar 2006
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And when mixed doubles partner Leander Paes of India fell ill with a potentially life-threatening brain ailment before the U.S.
hernesheir commented on the word ailment
Railroad telegraphers' shorthand for "May we appoint agent for you?. --US Railway Assn. Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 19, 2013