ailment

noun

/ˈeɪlmənt/

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an illness that is not very serious
- childhood/common/minor ailments
- I got all the usual childhood ailments.
- Below is a list of common childhood ailments.
Synonyms disease
disease
- illness
- disorder
- infection
- condition
- ailment
- bug
These are all words for a medical problem.
- disease a medical problem affecting humans, animals or plants, often caused by infection:
  He suffers from a rare blood disease.
- illness a medical problem, or a period of suffering from one:
  She died after a long illness.
disease or illness?Disease is used to talk about more severe physical medical problems, especially those that affect the organs. Illness is used to talk about both more severe and more minor medical problems, and those that affect mental health: heart/kidney/liver illness • mental disease. Disease is not used about a period of illness: She died after a long disease.
- disorder (rather formal) an illness that causes a part of the body to stop functioning correctly:
  a rare disorder of the liver.
  A disorder is generally not infectious. Disorder is used most frequently with words relating to mental problems, for example psychiatric, personality, mental and eating. When it is used to talk about physical problems, it is most often used with blood, bowel and kidney, and these are commonly serious, severe or rare.
- infection an illness that is caused by bacteria or a virus and that affects one part of the body:
  a throat infection
- condition a medical problem that you have for a long time because it is not possible to cure it:
  a heart condition
- ailment (rather formal) an illness that is not very serious:
  childhood ailments
- bug (informal) an infectious illness that is usually fairly mild:
  a nasty flu bug
Patterns
- to have/suffer from a(n) disease/illness/disorder/infection/condition/ailment/bug
- to catch/contract/get/pick up a(n) disease/illness/infection/bug
Topics Illnessc1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- common
- minor
- trivial
- …
verb + ailment
- be afflicted with
- get
- have
- …
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单词	ailment
释义	ailment noun /ˈeɪlmənt/ /ˈeɪlmənt/ jump to other results an illness that is not very serious childhood/common/minor ailments I got all the usual childhood ailments. Below is a list of common childhood ailments. Synonyms diseasedisease illness disorder infection condition ailment bug These are all words for a medical problem. disease a medical problem affecting humans, animals or plants, often caused by infection: He suffers from a rare blood disease. illness a medical problem, or a period of suffering from one: She died after a long illness. disease or illness?Disease is used to talk about more severe physical medical problems, especially those that affect the organs. Illness is used to talk about both more severe and more minor medical problems, and those that affect mental health: heart/kidney/liver illness • mental disease. Disease is not used about a period of illness: She died after a long disease. disorder (rather formal) an illness that causes a part of the body to stop functioning correctly: a rare disorder of the liver. A disorder is generally not infectious. Disorder is used most frequently with words relating to mental problems, for example psychiatric, personality, mental and eating. When it is used to talk about physical problems, it is most often used with blood, bowel and kidney, and these are commonly serious, severe or rare. infection an illness that is caused by bacteria or a virus and that affects one part of the body: a throat infection condition a medical problem that you have for a long time because it is not possible to cure it: a heart condition ailment (rather formal) an illness that is not very serious: childhood ailments bug (informal) an infectious illness that is usually fairly mild: a nasty flu bug Patterns to have/suffer from a(n) disease/illness/disorder/infection/condition/ailment/bug to catch/contract/get/pick up a(n) disease/illness/infection/bug Topics Illnessc1 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective common minor trivial … verb + ailment be afflicted with get have … See full entry
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