AILMENTS: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for AILMENTS?

Need another word that means the same as “ailments”? Find 2 synonyms and 30 related words for “ailments” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Ailments” are: complaint, ill

Ailments as a Noun

Definitions of "Ailments" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “ailments” as a noun can have the following definitions:

  • An often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining.

Synonyms of "Ailments" as a noun (2 Words)

complaint(criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense.
A letter of complaint.
illEvil or harm.
A lengthy work on the ills of society.

Associations of "Ailments" (30 Words)

arthritisA disease causing painful inflammation and stiffness of the joints.
catchingThe act of detecting something catching sight of something.
Her enthusiasm is catching.
consumptiveAffected with a wasting disease, especially pulmonary tuberculosis.
Tourism represents an insidious form of consumptive activity.
contagious(of a disease) spread from one person or organism to another, typically by direct contact.
It is a relatively new disease and very contagious.
convalescenceGradual healing (through rest) after sickness or injury.
I had a long convalescence ahead.
debilitatingTending to weaken something.
Debilitating back pain.
diagnoseDetermine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis.
20 000 men are diagnosed with skin cancer every year.
diseaseAn impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning.
Bacterial meningitis is quite a rare disease.
disturbedHaving had the normal pattern or functioning disrupted.
Disturbed sleep.
dizzyMake dizzy or giddy.
A dizzying pace.
earachePain inside the ear.
A child complaining of an earache.
fluInfluenza.
She was in bed with flu.
headachePain in the head caused by dilation of cerebral arteries or muscle contractions or a reaction to drugs.
An administrative headache.
illPresaging ill fortune P B Shelley.
I have had a run of ill luck.
illnessImpairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism.
He died after a long illness.
incurableA person whose disease is incurable.
Incurable diseases.
infirmityThe state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age.
Old age and infirmity come to men and women alike.
maladyImpairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism.
An incurable malady.
painCause mental or physical pain to.
She took pains to see that everyone ate well.
pathologicalInvolving or caused by a physical or mental disease.
Pathological laboratory.
pellagraA disease caused by deficiency of niacin or tryptophan (or by a defect in the metabolic conversion of tryptophan to niacin); characterized by gastrointestinal disturbances and erythema and nervous or mental disorders; may be caused by m.
pestilenceA fatal epidemic disease, especially bubonic plague.
She died of pestilence.
polioAn acute viral disease marked by inflammation of nerve cells of the brain stem and spinal cord.
poliomyelitisAn infectious viral disease that affects the central nervous system and can cause temporary or permanent paralysis.
rheumatismA chronic autoimmune disease with inflammation of the joints and marked deformities; something (possibly a virus) triggers an attack on the synovium by the immune system, which releases cytokines that stimulate an inflammatory reaction that can lead to the destruction of all components of the joint.
scurvyWorthless or contemptible.
The curative effects on scurvy victims.
sicknessThe state that precedes vomiting.
A woman suffering an incurable sickness.
toothachePain in a tooth or teeth.
I ve got toothache.
tuberculosisAn infectious bacterial disease characterized by the growth of nodules (tubercles) in the tissues, especially the lungs.
vomitingThe reflex act of ejecting the contents of the stomach through the mouth.

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