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sick·ness
(sĭk′nĭs)n.
1. The condition of being sick; illness.
2. A disease; a malady.
3. Nausea.
4. A defective or unsound condition.
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sickness
(ˈsɪknɪs)n
1. (Pathology) an illness or disease
2. (Pathology) nausea or queasiness
3. (Medicine) the state or an instance of being sick
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sick•ness
(ˈsɪk nɪs)n.
1. a particular disease or malady.
2. the state or an instance of being sick.
3. nausea; queasiness.
[before 1000]
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| Noun | 1. |  sickness - impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organismcondition - an illness, disease, or other medical problem; "a heart condition"; "a skin condition" health problem, ill health, unhealthiness - a state in which you are unable to function normally and without pain ague - a fit of shivering or shaking amyloidosis - a disorder characterized by deposit of amyloid in organs or tissues; often secondary to chronic rheumatoid arthritis or tuberculosis or multiple myeloma catastrophic illness - severe illness requiring prolonged hospitalization or recovery; usually involves high costs for hospitals and doctors and medicines collapse, prostration - an abrupt failure of function or complete physical exhaustion; "the commander's prostration demoralized his men" bends, caisson disease, decompression sickness, gas embolism, aeroembolism, air embolism - pain resulting from rapid change in pressure food poisoning, gastrointestinal disorder - illness caused by poisonous or contaminated food lead poisoning, plumbism, saturnism - toxic condition produced by the absorption of excessive lead into the system hypermotility - excessive movement; especially excessive motility of the gastrointestinal tract indisposition - a slight illness ozone sickness - illness that can occur to persons exposed to ozone in high-altitude aircraft; characterized by sleepiness and headache and chest pains and itchiness toxaemia, toxaemia of pregnancy, toxemia, toxemia of pregnancy - an abnormal condition of pregnancy characterized by hypertension and edema and protein in the urine growth - (pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor) |
| 2. | sickness - defectiveness or unsoundness; "drugs have become a sickness they cannot cure"; "a great sickness of his judgment" defectiveness, faultiness - the state of being defective | |
| 3. |  sickness - the state that precedes vomiting kinetosis, motion sickness - the state of being dizzy or nauseated because of the motions that occur while traveling in or on a moving vehicle symptom - (medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease morning sickness - nausea early in the day; a characteristic symptom in the early months of pregnancy |
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sickness
noun
1. illness, disorder, ailment, disease, complaint, bug (informal), affliction, malady, infirmity, indisposition, lurgy (informal) a sickness that affects children
2. nausea, queasiness, biliousness He felt a great rush of sickness.
3. vomiting, nausea, upset stomach, throwing up, puking (slang), retching, barfing (U.S. slang) Symptoms include sickness and diarrhoea.
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
sickness
noun1. The condition of being sick:
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Translations
nemoc
sygdom
sairauspahoinvointi
bolest
veiki
病気吐き気
병
bolezen
bolest
sjukdom
ความเจ็บป่วย
căn bệnh
sickness
[ˈsɪknɪs]A. N
1. (= illness) → enfermedad f
after several months of sickness he was able to return to work → después de varios meses de enfermedad pudo regresar al trabajo
in sickness and in health → en la salud y en la enfermedad
after several months of sickness he was able to return to work → después de varios meses de enfermedad pudo regresar al trabajo
in sickness and in health → en la salud y en la enfermedad
B. CPD sickness benefit N → subsidio m de enfermedad
to be on sickness benefit → recibir el subsidio de enfermedad
to be on sickness benefit → recibir el subsidio de enfermedad
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
sickness
[ˈsɪknəs] n (= illness) → maladie f
(= vomiting) → vomissements mplsickness benefit n (= sick pay while temporarily off work) → indemnités fpl maladie, indemnités fpl de maladie (= incapacity benefit) → pension f d'invaliditésick note n (for work) → certificat m médical; (for school) → mot m d'absencesick pay n → indemnités fpl (de) maladie (versée par l'employeur)
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
sickness
n (Med) → Krankheit f (also fig); (= nausea) → Übelkeit f; (= vomiting) → Erbrechen nt; (of joke, book, film) → Geschmacklosigkeit f; there is sickness on board → an Bord geht eine Krankheit um; in sickness and in health → in guten und in schlechten Zeiten or Tagen; the sickness of his mind → seine Abartigkeit
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
sickness
[ˈsɪknɪs] n → malattiathere's a lot of sickness about → c'è molta gente malata
wave of sickness → ondata di malessere
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
sick
(sik) adjective1. vomiting or inclined to vomit. He has been sick several times today; I feel sick; She's inclined to be seasick/airsick/car-sick.
2. (especially American) ill. He is a sick man; The doctor told me that my husband is very sick and may not live very long.
3. very tired (of); wishing to have no more (of). I'm sick of doing this; I'm sick and tired of hearing about it!
4. affected by strong, unhappy or unpleasant feelings. I was really sick at making that bad mistake.
5. in bad taste. a sick joke.
noun vomit. The bedclothes were covered with sick.
ˈsicken verb1. to become sick.
2. to disgust. The very thought sickens me.
ˈsickening adjective causing sickness, disgust or weariness; very unpleasant or annoying. There was a sickening crunch; The weather is really sickening!
ˈsickeningly adverbˈsickly adjective
1. tending to be often ill. a sickly child.
2. suggesting sickness; pale; feeble. She looks sickly.
ˈsickness noun the state of being sick or ill. There seems to be a lot of sickness in the town; seasickness.
ˈsick-leave noun time taken off from work etc because of sickness. He has been on sick-leave for the last three days.
make (someone) sick to make (someone) feel very annoyed, upset etc. It makes me sick to see him waste money like that.
the sick ill people. He visits the sick.
worried sick very worried. I'm worried sick about it.
see also ill.Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
sickness
→ مَرَض nemoc sygdom Krankheit αρρώστια enfermedad sairaus maladie bolest malattia 病気 병 ziekte sykdom choroba doença недомогание sjukdom ความเจ็บป่วย hastalık căn bệnh 病Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
sick·ness
n. enfermedad, dolencia, mal;
acute African sleeping ___ → ___ africana del sueño;
altitude ___ → mal de altura;
beriberi ___ → ___ de Ceylon;
bleeding ___ → hemofilia;
car ___ → cinetosis, mareo;
decompression ___ → ___ de los buzos;
falling ___ → epilepsia;
gall ___ → anaplasmosis;
green ___ → clorosis, cloroanemia;
milk ___ → brucelosis;
morning ___ → trastorno de las embarazadas;
motion ___ → ___ de los viajeros;
radiation ___ → ___ por radiación.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
Collins Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
sickness
n enfermedad f, mal m; altitude — mal de altura, mal de montaña, soroche m (SA); decompression — enfermedad por descompresión; morning — náuseas matutinas (form), náuseas or vómitos del embarazo; motion — mareo (producido por el movimiento); radiation — enfermedad por radiación; serum — enfermedad del suero; sleeping — enfermedad del sueñoEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.