sickness

sick·ness

S0386700 (sĭk′nĭs)n.1. The condition of being sick; illness.2. A disease; a malady.3. Nausea.4. A defective or unsound condition.

sickness

(ˈsɪknɪs) n1. (Pathology) an illness or disease2. (Pathology) nausea or queasiness3. (Medicine) the state or an instance of being sick

sick•ness

(ˈsɪk nɪs)

n. 1. a particular disease or malady. 2. the state or an instance of being sick. 3. nausea; queasiness. [before 1000]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	sickness - impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organismillness, unwellness, maladycondition - an illness, disease, or other medical problem; "a heart condition"; "a skin condition"health problem, ill health, unhealthiness - a state in which you are unable to function normally and without painague - a fit of shivering or shakingamyloidosis - a disorder characterized by deposit of amyloid in organs or tissues; often secondary to chronic rheumatoid arthritis or tuberculosis or multiple myelomaanuresis, anuria - inability to urinatecatastrophic illness - severe illness requiring prolonged hospitalization or recovery; usually involves high costs for hospitals and doctors and medicinescollapse, prostration - an abrupt failure of function or complete physical exhaustion; "the commander's prostration demoralized his men"bends, caisson disease, decompression sickness, gas embolism, aeroembolism, air embolism - pain resulting from rapid change in pressurefood poisoning, gastrointestinal disorder - illness caused by poisonous or contaminated foodlead poisoning, plumbism, saturnism - toxic condition produced by the absorption of excessive lead into the systemdisease - an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioninghypermotility - excessive movement; especially excessive motility of the gastrointestinal tractindisposition - a slight illnessozone sickness - illness that can occur to persons exposed to ozone in high-altitude aircraft; characterized by sleepiness and headache and chest pains and itchinesstoxaemia, toxaemia of pregnancy, toxemia, toxemia of pregnancy - an abnormal condition of pregnancy characterized by hypertension and edema and protein in the urinegrowth - (pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor)
	2.	sickness - defectiveness or unsoundness; "drugs have become a sickness they cannot cure"; "a great sickness of his judgment"defectiveness, faultiness - the state of being defective
	3.	sickness - the state that precedes vomiting nauseakinetosis, motion sickness - the state of being dizzy or nauseated because of the motions that occur while traveling in or on a moving vehiclesymptom - (medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular diseasemorning sickness - nausea early in the day; a characteristic symptom in the early months of pregnancyqueasiness, squeamishness, qualm - a mild state of nausea

sickness

noun1. illness, disorder, ailment, disease, complaint, bug (informal), affliction, malady, infirmity, indisposition, lurgy (informal) a sickness that affects children2. nausea, queasiness, biliousness He felt a great rush of sickness.3. vomiting, nausea, upset stomach, throwing up, puking (slang), retching, barfing (U.S. slang) Symptoms include sickness and diarrhoea.

sickness

noun1. The condition of being sick:affliction, disorder, illness, indisposition, infirmity.2. A pathological condition of mind or body:ailment, complaint, disease, disorder, ill, illness, infirmity, malady.

Translations

疾病病

sick

(sik) adjective1. vomiting or inclined to vomit. He has been sick several times today; I feel sick; She's inclined to be seasick/airsick/car-sick. 恶心想呕吐的，晕车（船等） 2. (especially American) ill. He is a sick man; The doctor told me that my husband is very sick and may not live very long. （美国）病的 3. very tired (of); wishing to have no more (of). I'm sick of doing this; I'm sick and tired of hearing about it!腻烦的4. affected by strong, unhappy or unpleasant feelings. I was really sick at making that bad mistake. 不高兴的，懊丧的 5. in bad taste. a sick joke.讨厌的 noun vomit. The bedclothes were covered with sick.呕吐物ˈsicken verb1. to become sick. 使生病，使作呕，使厌恶 2. to disgust. The very thought sickens me.使恶心ˈsickening adjective causing sickness, disgust or weariness; very unpleasant or annoying. There was a sickening crunch; The weather is really sickening!令人厌恶的ˈsickeningly adverb令人厌恶地ˈsickly adjective1. tending to be often ill. a sickly child.多病的2. suggesting sickness; pale; feeble. She looks sickly. 好象有病的，不健康的 ˈsickness noun the state of being sick or ill. There seems to be a lot of sickness in the town; seasickness.疾病ˈsick-leave noun time taken off from work etc because of sickness. He has been on sick-leave for the last three days.病假make (someone) sick to make (someone) feel very annoyed, upset etc. It makes me sick to see him waste money like that.令人厌恶的the sick ill people. He visits the sick.病人worried sick very worried. I'm worried sick about it.非常担心 see also ill.

sickness

→ 病zhCN

I suffer from travel sickness (US)
I get travel-sick (UK) → 我晕车／晕机

sickness

disease

[dĭ-zēz´] a definite pathological process having a characteristic set of signs and symptoms. It may affect the whole body or any of its parts, and its etiology, pathology, and prognosis may be known or unknown. For specific diseases, see under the specific name, as addison's disease. See also illness, mal, sickness, and syndrome.

dis·ease

(di-zēz'), 1. An interruption, cessation, or disorder of a body, system, or organ structure or function.
See also: syndrome. Synonym(s): illness, morbus, sickness2. A morbid entity ordinarily characterized by two or more of the following criteria: recognized etiologic agent(s), identifiable group of signs and symptoms, or consistent anatomic alterations.
See also: syndrome. [Eng. dis- priv. + ease]

dis·ease

nosophobia, pathophobia.

sickness

(sĭk′nĭs)n.1. The condition of being sick; illness.2. A disease; a malady.3. Nausea.

sickness

The state of being unwell or in poor health.

sickness

Disease. See Air sickness, Altitude decompression sickness, Cybersickness, Decompression sickness, English sweating sickness, Ghost sickness, Green tobacco sickness, Inner ear decompression sickness, Jamaican vomiting sickness, Meditation sickness, Monday morning sickness, Morning sickness, Motion sickness, Mountain sickness, Seasickness, Serum sickness, Space sickness.

dis·ease

(di-zēz) 1. An interruption, cessation, or disorder of body functions, systems, or organs.
Synonym(s): illness, morbus, sickness. 2. A morbid entity characterized usually by at least two of these criteria: recognized etiologic agent(s), identifiable group of signs and symptoms, or consistent anatomic alterations.
See also: syndrome[Eng. dis- priv. + ease]

Patient discussion about sickness

Q. Is there any way to control the sickness? Hi everybody. I am asking this question from my friend user name. I am 26 and in the first trimester. Whole day sickness hurts me a lot. Smell of any kind of food is horrible. It’s becoming more frustrating; even television commercials make me nauseous. Is there any way to control the sickness? A. In the first half of pregnancy, sickness and nausea are quite common. For some woman it goes after three months and in very rare cases where woman has the chances of doubles or triplets, nausea and vomiting symptom stays on. Yes, there are ways to control the sickness. Some of them are try to have food in short intervals but make sure not to be hungry. Drink more of fruit juices and water especially lemon. Avoid spicy food and smell that could make you worse. If none of the remedies suggested are going to work out for you, it is better to consult your physician. Hope you get benefited with this.

Q. Is garlic helpful in heart ailments? I have heard that garlic is very good for cardiac health and using in curries or cooked with foods will be helpful. I have also heard that it has anti-inflammatory substances and also helps in weight loss. Is garlic helpful in heart ailments?A. It acts as antioxidant and reduces the amount of free radicals in your body. It’s helpful once taken raw. But the raw garlic can cause bad breadth and blistering of skin and diarrhea. So, there should be a reduced intake of raw garlic. It’s better to have garlic in a cooked up form like in curries or with vegetables. This will also give the desired benefits of garlic and the side effect of over consumption of garlic will also be reduced.
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Q. How is morning sickness treated? I have been suffering from morning sickness all throughout my first 4 weeks of pregnancy. Is there a way to treat morning sickness?A. Morning sickness during first few weeks of pregnancy is very common. Here is some information about morning sickness and how to deal with it - http://www.5min.com/Video/Dealing-with-Morning-Sickness-25153508

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