sickness

sickness
sick|ness [ˈsıknıs] n
1.) [U]
the state of being ill
= ↑illness
▪ an insurance policy against long-term sickness and injury
▪ working days lost due to sickness
2.) [U]
the feeling that you are about to bring up food from your stomach, or the act of bringing food up
= ↑nausea
travel/motion/car/sea etc sickness
(=sickness that some people get while travelling)
▪ Liam had suffered violent sickness and diarrhoea.
3.)
a particular illness
▪ war-related sicknesses
4.) [U and C]
the serious problems and weaknesses of a social, political, or economic system
▪ He said the idea of 'success' was part of the sickness of Western cultures.

Dictionary of contemporary English. 2013.

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