sickness

Từ điển Collocation

sickness noun

1 state of being ill

ADJ. chronic, long, long-term

SICKNESS + NOUN absence | allowance, benefit | insurance | rate

PREP. due to/owing to/through ~ The Personnel Department keeps a record of employees absent through sickness.

2 nausea

VERB + SICKNESS suffer (from)

SICKNESS + VERB rise The sickness rose inside him.

PHRASES a feeling of sickness Several workers complained of feelings of sickness and headaches.

3 particular type of illness

ADJ. acute, chronic | air, car, motion, travel | altitude/mountain, decompression, radiation, sleeping > Special page at ILLNESS

Từ điển WordNet

    n.

  • impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism; illness, unwellness, malady
  • defectiveness or unsoundness

    drugs have become a sickness they cannot cure

    a great sickness of his judgment

  • the state that precedes vomiting; nausea

English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

sicknesses
ant.: health