ailment
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ail·ment
(āl′mənt)n.
A physical or mental disorder, especially a mild illness.
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ailment
(ˈeɪlmənt)n
a slight but often persistent illness
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ail•ment
(ˈeɪl mənt)n.
a physical disorder or illness, esp. of a minor or chronic nature.
[1700–10]
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Noun | 1. | ailment - an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining disorder, upset - a physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning; "the doctor prescribed some medicine for the disorder"; "everyone gets stomach upsets from time to time" pip - a minor nonspecific ailment kinetosis, motion sickness - the state of being dizzy or nauseated because of the motions that occur while traveling in or on a moving vehicle |
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ailment
noun illness, disease, complaint, disorder, sickness, affliction, malady, infirmity, lurgy (informal) The pharmacist can assist you with the treatment of common ailments.
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ailment
noun1. A pathological condition of mind or body:
2. A minor illness, especially one of a temporary nature:
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Translations
تَوَعُّك الصِّحَه، مَرَض خَفِيف
lehká nemoc
lidelseplage
lasleiki
ľahšia choroba
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ailment
n → Gebrechen nt, → Leiden nt; minor ailments → leichte Beschwerden pl; inflation, a national ailment → die Inflation, eine nationale Krankheit; all his little ailments → all seine Wehwehchen
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ail
(eil) verb1. to be ill. The old lady has been ailing for some time.
2. to trouble. What ails you?
ˈailment noun an illness, usually not serious or dangerous. Children often have minor ailments.
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ailment
n. dolencia, achaque, indisposición.
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ailment
n enfermedad f, achaque m, mal m, molestia, padecimientoEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.