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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. |
ill | Evil or harm. A lengthy work on the ills of society. |
Associations of "Ailments" (30 Words)
arthritis | A disease causing painful inflammation and stiffness of the joints. |
catching | The act of detecting something catching sight of something. Her enthusiasm is catching. |
consumptive | Affected 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. |
convalescence | Gradual healing (through rest) after sickness or injury. I had a long convalescence ahead. |
debilitating | Tending to weaken something. Debilitating back pain. |
diagnose | Determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis. 20 000 men are diagnosed with skin cancer every year. |
disease | An impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning. Bacterial meningitis is quite a rare disease. |
disturbed | Having had the normal pattern or functioning disrupted. Disturbed sleep. |
dizzy | Make dizzy or giddy. A dizzying pace. |
earache | Pain inside the ear. A child complaining of an earache. |
flu | Influenza. She was in bed with flu. |
headache | Pain in the head caused by dilation of cerebral arteries or muscle contractions or a reaction to drugs. An administrative headache. |
ill | Presaging ill fortune P B Shelley. I have had a run of ill luck. |
illness | Impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism. He died after a long illness. |
incurable | A person whose disease is incurable. Incurable diseases. |
infirmity | The state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age. Old age and infirmity come to men and women alike. |
malady | Impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism. An incurable malady. |
pain | Cause mental or physical pain to. She took pains to see that everyone ate well. |
pathological | Involving or caused by a physical or mental disease. Pathological laboratory. |
pellagra | A 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. |
pestilence | A fatal epidemic disease, especially bubonic plague. She died of pestilence. |
polio | An acute viral disease marked by inflammation of nerve cells of the brain stem and spinal cord. |
poliomyelitis | An infectious viral disease that affects the central nervous system and can cause temporary or permanent paralysis. |
rheumatism | A 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. |
scurvy | Worthless or contemptible. The curative effects on scurvy victims. |
sickness | The state that precedes vomiting. A woman suffering an incurable sickness. |
toothache | Pain in a tooth or teeth. I ve got toothache. |
tuberculosis | An infectious bacterial disease characterized by the growth of nodules (tubercles) in the tissues, especially the lungs. |
vomiting | The reflex act of ejecting the contents of the stomach through the mouth. |