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

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Ailments as a Noun
Definitions of "Ailments" as a noun
Synonyms of "Ailments" as a noun (2 Words)
Associations of "Ailments" (30 Words)

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.