Illness

Definition: Illness

Illness

Noun

1. Impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism.

Date "illness" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references)

Note: Illness \Ill"ness\, noun. [From Ill.]. (references)

Domain	Definition
Dream Interpretation	For a woman to dream of her own illness, foretells that some unforeseen event will throw her into a frenzy of despair by causing her to miss some anticipated visit or entertainment. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted ....
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Synonyms: Illness

Synonyms: malady (n), sickness (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Disease	Noun: disease; illness, sickness; Adjective: ailing; " all the ills that flesh is heir to "; morbidity, morbosity; infirmity, ailment, indisposition; complaint, disorder, malady; distemper, distemperature.
	Fatal disease; (hopeless); dangerous illness, galloping consumption, churchyard cough; general breaking up, break up of the system.
	Adjective: diseased; ailing; Verb: ill, ill of; taken ill, seized with; indisposed, unwell, sick, squeamish, poorly, seedy; affected with illness, afflicted with illness; laid up, confined, bedridden, invalided, in hospital, on the sick list; out of health, out of sorts; under the weather; valetudinary.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Illness

English words defined with "illness": catastrophic illness. (references)

Specialty definitions using "illness": Cost of Illness ♦ Present Illness Program ♦ Severity of Illness Index ♦ terminal illness. (references)

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	What is illness to the body of a knight-errant (Man of La Mancha; writing credit: Dale Wasserman) Caretakers who induce physical illness in others in order to gain attention (The Division; writing credit: Guglielmo Enea; Marcello Fois) You have to neglect illness, and the body, and so forth, to improve man. (Introduction to Scientology; writing credit: James Andrew Hall; H.G. Wells) Is mental illness contagious (Stargate SG-1; writing credit: Robert C. Cooper; Brad Wright)
Clever	Life lesson: There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness. (references; author: unknown) If you woke up this morning with more health than illness, you are more blessed than the million who will not survive this week. (references; author: unknown)
Movie/TV Titles	Anatomy of an Illness (1984) It's Not an Illness (1979)
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Domain	Title
References	The Official Patient's Sourcebook on Foodborne Illness (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	The Burden of Sympathy: How Families Cope With Mental Illness (reference) Chronic Illness Trajectory Framework: the Corbin and Strauss Nursing Model (reference) Cost of Competence: Why Inequality Causes Depression, Eating Disorders, and Illness in Women (reference) Cost of Occupational Injury and Illness (reference) The Cost of Catastrophic Illness (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Journal Of Critical Illness (reference) (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies	Understanding Mental Illness (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Fantasies About Illness (reference) Terminal Illness (reference) Thank God for Mental Illness (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
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Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	The incubation period for Ebola HF ranges from 2 to 21 days with abrupt onset of illness, characterized by fever, headache, joint and muscle aches, sore throat, and weakness, followed by diarrhea, vomiting, and stomach pain. Credit: CDC.		PA chest radiograph taken on the 13th day of illness; anthrax. X-ray. Credit: CDC.
	Chronology of E. coli O157:H7 infections, an emerging type of foodborne illness. Credit: CDC.		Rocky Mountain spotted fever is the most severe and most frequently reported rickettsial illness in the United States. The disease is caused by Rickettsia rickettsii, a species of bacteria that is spread to humans by ixodid (hard) ticks. Credit: CDC.
	Legionnaire's disease is an acute and sometimes fatal respiratory illness caused by the Legionella pneumophila bacterium. Headache, high fever, cough, and flu-like symptoms accompany the condition. Credit: CDC.		This is a photomicrograph of Clostridium botulinum stained with Gentian violet. The bacterium C. botulinum produces a nerve toxin, which causes the rare, but serious paralytic illness Botulism. Credit: CDC.
	The bacterium C. botulinum produces a nerve toxin, which causes the rare, but serious paralytic illness Botulism. There are seven types of botulism toxin designated by the letters A through G; only types A, B, E and F cause illness in humans. Credit: CDC.		These C. botulinum bacteria were cultured in thioglycollate broth for 48 hours at 35 degrees Centigrade. The bacterium C. botulinum produces a nerve toxin, which causes the rare, but serious paralytic illness Botulism. Credit: CDC.
	This 50 year old female had been a carder in a wool factory for 6 years. This lesion is on the 8th day of the illness. Cutaneous anthrax usually occurs after skin contact with contaminated meat, wool, hides, or leather from infected animals. Credit: CDC.		The toxin produced by Staphylococcus aureus causes the illness "staphylococcal intoxication". Symptoms of this intoxication include nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. Credit: CDC.
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Play	Caption
	Cough; illness; flu; influenza; cold; chest cold; coughing.
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Author	Quotation
Francois De La Rochefoucauld	To safeguard one's health at the cost of too strict a diet is a tiresome illness indeed.
Fyodor Dostoevski	To be too conscious is an illness. A real thorough going illness.
Herodotus	Illness strikes men when they are exposed to change.
Oscar Wilde	The modern sympathy with invalids is morbid. Illness of any kind is hardly a thing to be encouraged in others.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Author	Date	Quotation
Treaty of Versailles	1919	Each of these Powers will appoint one Delegate and also one Assistant Delegate, who will take his place in case of illness or necessary absence, but at other times will only have the right to be present at proceedings without taking any part therein. (reference)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Title	Author	Quote
Emma	Austen, Jane	As to her illness, all nothing of course
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Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Pertussis is an endemic illness. (references)
		Drug addiction is a complex illness. (references)
		Coexistent illness complicates management. (references)
Business		Pre-paid medical services do not act as insurance services but are instead a monthly payment system that covers illness, surgeries and other medical emergencies. (references)
		As medical technology has extended the natural life span and led to increased survival from illness, severe birth defects, and accidents, the number of people with disabilities has grown. (references)
		By 2020, the World Bank estimates that non-communicable illness will assume 79% of the disease burden in China, 57% in India, and 85% in high-income countries like the US, Japan, and Western Europe. (references)
Children	Venezuela	There were no reports of discrimination against persons with mental illness. (references)
	Dominican Republic	Discrimination against persons with mental illness is common, and there are few resources dedicated to the mentally ill. (references)
	Niger	Observers reported that many persons with mental disabilities were rejected by their families due to the stigma surrounding mental illness in the country. (references)
Civil Liberties	Yemen	Ba Sharahil's case was ongoing at year's end, but in abeyance pending his recovery from illness. (references)
	Sri Lanka	The young man's parents alleged that he had a mental illness and could not be held responsible for his comments. (references)
	Zimbabwe	Since 1997 the Zimbabwe National African Traditional Healers' Association (ZINATHA) has proposed amendments to the 1989 revised law that would redefine witchcraft only as the practice of sorcery with the intent to cause harm, including illness, injury, or death; however, such legislation reportedly has been opposed by mainstream Christian churches. (references)
Economic History	Colombia	By law, the vice president will succeed in the event of the president's resignation, illness, or death. (references)
	Norway	Norway's health system includes free hospital care, physician's compensation, cash benefits during illness and pregnancy, and other medical and dental plans. (references)
	Greece	On January 17, 1996, following a protracted illness, Prime Minister Papandreou resigned and was replaced as Prime Minister by former Minister of Industry Constantine Simitis. (references)
Human Rights	El Salvador	The remaining deaths resulted from illness. (references)
	Ecuador	It attributed the others to illness and drug use. (references)
	El Salvador	Navarrete reportedly suffered from mental illness. (references)
Political Economy	Burma	The forced use of citizens as porters by the army--with attendant mistreatment, illness, and sometimes death--remained a common practice. (references)
	Burma	The use of porters by the army, with attendant mistreatment, illness, and even death for those compelled to serve, remains a common practice. (references)
	Bolivia	President Jorge Quiroga of the Nationalist Democratic Action Party took office in August after President Hugo Banzer Suarez resigned due to serious illness. (references)
Political Rights	Bolivia	Elections for national offices and municipal governments are held every 5 years; the next national election is scheduled for June 30, 2002. In August President Jorge Quiroga of the Nationalist Democratic Action party took office after President Banzer Suarez resigned due to serious illness. (references)
Trade	Spain	However, as of January 1998, the accumulated savings in pension plans can be used in the events of long-duration unemployment or serious illness. (references)
Travel	Barbados	Barbados is experiencing a growing problem with dengue fever, a mosquito-borne viral illness. (references)
Women	India	The youth told police that he suspected the woman caused his father's prolonged illness by sorcery. (references)
	Ghana	Most accused witches are older women, often widows, who are identified by fellow villagers as the cause of difficulties, such as illness, crop failure, or financial misfortune. (references)
Worker Rights	Switzerland	Illegal foreign workers are not covered by mandatory health insurance in case of illness or accident. (references)
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	YESTERDAY, n. The infancy of youth, the youth of manhood, the entire past of age. But yesterday I should have thought me blest To stand high-pinnacled upon the peak Of middle life and look adown the bleak And unfamiliar foreslope to the West, Where solemn shadows all the land invest And stilly voices, half-remembered, speak Unfinished prophecy, and witch-fires freak The haunted twilight of the Dark of Rest. Yea, yesterday my soul was all aflame To stay the shadow on the dial's face At manhood's noonmark! Now, in God His name I chide aloud the little interspace Disparting me from Certitude, and fain Would know the dream and vision ne'er again. Baruch Arnegriff It is said that in his last illness the poet Arnegriff was attended at different times by seven doctors.
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Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
Andrew Jackson	1829-1837	In consequence of the illness of the charge d'affaires appointed to Central America at the last session of Congress, he was prevented from proceeding on his mission until the month of October.
Lyndon B. Johnson	1963-1969	I think we should protect our children and their families from the costs of catastrophic illness.
Gerald Ford	1974-1977	The burden of catastrophic illness can be borne by very few in our society.
Ronald Reagan	1981-1989	To talk of meeting the present situation by increasing taxes is a Band-Aid solution which does nothing to cure an illness that's been coming on for half a century--to say nothing of the fact that it poses a real threat to economic recovery.
Bill Clinton	1993-2001	Let me say we must step up our efforts to treat and prevent mental illness.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Illness" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.85% of the time. "Illness" is used about 3,234 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	99.85%	3,229	2,939
Noun (proper)	0.06%	2	245,945
Noun (plural)	0.06%	2	245,945
Noun (common)	0.03%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	3,234	N/A

Expressions using "illness": bodily illness ♦ case of illness ♦ Catastrophic Illness ♦ compressed air illness ♦ Cost of Illness ♦ Critical Illness ♦ decompression illness ♦ Environmental Illness ♦ feign illness ♦ Foodborne Illness ♦ get an illness ♦ incurable illness ♦ manic depressive illness ♦ mental illness ♦ notification of illness ♦ Present Illness Program ♦ Recovery from illness ♦ refuse to combat illness ♦ risk of illness ♦ serious illness ♦ Severity of Illness Index ♦ terminal illness. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "illness": illness-focused, illness-free, illness-proneness.
	Ending with "illness": Myth-of-mental-illness, non-illness.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Language		Translations for "illness"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaans		siekte (ailment, disease), kwaal (ailment, disease). (various references)

Albanian		sëmundje (affection, ailment, canker, complaint, disease, disorder, distemper, evil, ill, infirmity, sickness), gjendje e keqe shëndetësore. (various references)

Arabic		‏معاناة (anguish, bear a load, hardship, misery, sufferance, suffering, tribulation), ‏مرض (ail, ailment, be ill, become ill, complaint, disease, fall ill, fall sick, favorable, favourable, get ill, infirmity, mal, malady, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, pox, satisfactory, satisfying, sicken, sickness, take ill, trouble), ‏نحس (bad luck, bumper, grim, jinx, misfortune, ominous, sinister), ‏توعك (ail, indisposition, malady, malaise), ‏سقم (ailment, be ill, disease, infirmity, malady, morbidness, sicken, sickliness, sickness), ‏السقم (valetudinarianism), ‏داء (ailment, disease, malady), ‏بلاء (curse, hardship, ill, inflexion, infliction, ordeal, plague, sore, trouble, worry). (various references)

Bulgarian		заболяване (affection, ailment, condition, trouble), болест (affection, ailment, blast, disease, distemper, malady, sickness, trouble), боледуване (sickness). (various references)

Catalan		malaltia (ailment, disease). (various references)

Chinese		病症 (disease). (various references)

Czech		nemoc (complaint, disease, malady, sickness, trouble), choroba (disease, sickness). (various references)

Danish		sygdom (ailment, disease). (various references)

Dutch		ziekte (ailment, disease), kwaal (ailment, disease), aandoening (affection, ailment, disease, emotion). (various references)

Esperanto		malsano (disease). (various references)

Faeroese		sjúka (ailment, disease). (various references)

Finnish		tauti (complaint, disease, disorder, malady, sickness), sairaus (disease, sickness). (various references)

French		maladie. (various references)

Frisian		sykte (ailment, disease). (various references)

German		Krankheit (affection, ailment, complaint, disease, malady, sickness, unsoundness), Erkrankung (affection, ailment, disease, sickness). (various references)

Greek		νόσημα (complaint, disease), νόσοσ (disease, variola), πάθηση (affection, complaint, condition, disorder, malady, trouble), αρρώσρτεια, αρρώστια (ailment, disease, malady, sickness), αρρώστεια (malady), ασθένεια (ailment, complaint, disease, infirmity, malady, puniness, sickness). (various references)

Hebrew		מחלה (disease, distemper, infirmity, malady, sickness), חולי (ailment, disease, malady, sickness, suffering), דוי (sad, sick, sickness, sorrow, sorrowful). (various references)

Hungarian		betegség (ail, ailment, complaint, disease, distemper, evil, malady, malaise, morbidity, sickness, trouble). (various references)

Indonesian		kesakitan (be ill, hardship, in pain, sickness). (various references)

Irish		slaghdán (cold illness). (various references)

Italian		malattia (ailment, complaint, diesease, disease, malady, sickness, trouble), morbo (disease, epidemic), male (ache, Amiss, bad, badly, disease, evil, harm, hurt, ill, misfortune, not well, pain, poorly, sickness, trouble, wrong, wrongly). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		疾病 (disease), 病 (disease). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		しっぺい (bamboo stick used to strike meditators into greater wakefulness, disease), しょう (actor, artisan, award, bruise, buy, call, carpenter, catch, chapter, commander, cut, destroy, drink, eat, gash, general, government, hurt, idea, important point, injury, label, leader, make up for, means, mechanic, medal, phenomenon, prize, put on, quotient, ride in, scar, scratch, section, send for, take, to be burdened with, to carry on back or shoulder, upper part, weak point, wear, workman, wound), しょろう (age 40, aging, fatigue, middle-aged), びょうき (disease, sickness), いたわり (attention, carefulness, labor, service, sympathy, trouble), いれい (authority, comfort the spirit, exception, exceptional, singular, unconventionality, unprecedented, violation of law), わずらい (agony, sickness, vexation, worry), やまい (disease). (various references)

Korean		병 (Bottle, morbid, sickness). (various references)

Malay		penyakit (ailment, disease). (various references)

Manx		chingys (disease, disorder, stroke), asslaynt (disease, disorder, infirmity), aslaynt (ailment, indisposition, unfitness, unhealthiness). (various references)

Norwegian		sykdom (ailment, disease). (various references)

Papiamen		malesa (ailment, disease). (various references)

Pig Latin		illnessay.(various references)

Polish		choroba (ailment, disease). (various references)

Portuguese		doença (ailment, disease, disorder, distemper, malady, sickness, trouble), enfermidade (colorwash, colourwash, complaint, disease, disorder, distemper, ill, infirmity, sickness). (various references)

Portuguese Brazilian		enfermidade. (various references)

Romanian		rãutate (acrimony, archness, bad, badness, cattiness, cussedness, harm, ill nature, malice, malignancy, malignity, rogue, spite, venom, wickedness, wrong), maladie (sickness), boalã (affection, ailment, complaint, disease, disorder, lurgy, malady, sickness, trouble). (various references)

Russian		болезнь (affection, ailment, disease, evil, malady, sickness, trouble). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		bolest (disease, malady, sickness). (various references)

Spanish		enfermedad (affliction, ailment, complaint, disease, disorder, epidemic, feverweed, flu, infirmity, influenza, malady, sickness, trouble). (various references)

Sranan		siki (ailment, disease, ill, sick, unwell). (various references)

Swahili		ugonjwa (ailment, disease). (various references)

Swedish		sjukdom (affection, ailment, disease, ilness, malady, sickness), åkomma (affection, complaint, trouble). (various references)

Tagalog		sakit (ailment, disease). (various references)

Turkish		illet (disease, ill, malady), rahatsızlık (ailment, annoyance, complaint, discomfiture, discomfort, discomposure, disease, disquiet, distemper, disturbance, draft, dysphoria, embarrassment, fidget, harassment, ill, inconvenience, indisposition, inquietude, malaise, nuisance, restlessness, seediness, trouble, uneasiness, unrest), hastalık (affection, ailment, bad blood, disease, distemper, ill, infirmity, invalidism, invalidity, malady, patho-, sickness). (various references)

Turkmen		syrkaw (ill, ill person, patient), nдsaglyk, nдhoюlyk, kesel (disease, sick), hassalyk (disease, sickness), emgek (sickness). (various references)

Ukrainian		слабість (ail, asthenia, debility, delicacy, enervation, flaccidity, foible, languor, limpness, wasting, weakness), хвороба (affection, affliction, ail, ailment, cause, disease, disorder, malady, sick, sickness), захворювання (affection, disease). (various references)

Vietnamese		sự ốm bệnh, sự đau yếu (sickness). (various references)

Welsh		selni, salwch, saldra (poorness), gwaeledd (meanness), cystudd (affliction), annhymer, anhwylustod (inconvenience), afiechyd (ailment, disease, malady), adwyth (evil, misfortune). (various references)

Yucatec		k'oha'nil (ailment, disease). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Sumerian	3100 BCE-2500 BCE	1. gig. (various references)
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	morbus. (various references)
Old French	900-1400	maladie. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "illness": illnesses. (additional references)
	Words ending with "illness": chillness, shrillness, stillness. (additional references)
	Words containing "illness": chillnesses, shrillnesses, stillnesses. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Illness" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: allness, Alness, illess, illnes, ilness. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "illness" (pronounced i"lnus)
5	i" l n u s	stillness.
4	-l n u s	awfulness, casualness, coolness, dullness, fickleness, forcefulness, foulness, fullness, gentleness, harmfulness, hopefulness, idleness, peacefulness, playfulness, reasonableness, resourcefulness, smallness, thoughtfulness, truthfulness, usefulness, wastefulness, wellness, wholeness, wistfulness, wonderfulness.
3	-n u s	abruptness, absoluteness, acuteness, aggressiveness, agribusiness, airworthiness, alertness, aloofness, alumnus, Anas, androgynous, anise, appropriateness, arbitrariness, assertiveness, astuteness, asynchronous, attentiveness, attractiveness, awareness, awkwardness, backwardness, badness, bagginess, baldness, bearishness, bigness, bitterness, bituminous, blackness, blandness, bleakness, blindness, bluntness, boldness, bonus, boorishness, brashness, brightness, bullishness, business, callousness, calmness, carelessness, cautiousness, cavernous, cheapness, chitinous, cleanliness, cleanness, cleverness, closeness, cloudiness, clumsiness, cockiness, cohesiveness, coldness, Colonus, combativeness, compactness, competitiveness, completeness, consciousness, contagiousness, contentiousness, contrariness, Conus, correctness, coziness, craziness, creativeness, creditworthiness, creepiness, crispness, crookedness, cuteness, dampness, darkness, Deaconess, deadliness, deafness, decisiveness, defensiveness, destructiveness, directness, disingenuousness, distinctiveness, divisiveness, dizziness, dreariness, drowsiness, drunkenness, dryness, eagerness, earnestness, edginess, effectiveness, elusiveness, emptiness, evenness, exogenous, eyewitness, faintness, fairness, farsightedness, fastness, firmness, fitness, flatness, fondness, foolishness, forgiveness, forthrightness, fractiousness, frankness, freshness, friendliness, frothiness, funniness, furnace, gauntness, gayness, gelatinous, genuineness, genus, ghastliness, gluttonous, goodness, governess, graciousness, greatness, greenness, grimness, hairiness, handedness, happiness, hardness, harness, harshness, heinous, helplessness, highness, hoarseness, holiness, homelessness, homesickness, homogenous, hopelessness, humanness, inclusiveness, indebtedness, indecisiveness, indigenous, ineffectiveness, ineptness, inertness, intravenous, intrusiveness, inventiveness, joblessness, Johannes, kindness, larcenous, largeness, lateness, lawlessness, laziness, lenis, lightfastness, lightness, likeness, liveliness, loneliness, lousiness, luminous, madness, Manus, meanness, membranous, menace, Minas, mindedness, minus, monotonous, mountainous, mutinous, narrowness, nastiness, nearsightedness, neatness, nervousness, newness, niceness, nitrogenous, nonbusiness, nonpoisonous, nosiness, nothingness, numbness, ominous, oneness, onus, openness, orderliness, otherness, outrageousness, outspokenness, pandanus, penis, permissiveness, persuasiveness, pervasiveness, pettiness, poisonous, politeness, polygynous, pompousness, possessiveness, powerlessness, preparedness, queasiness, quickness, quietness, raciness, randomness, rareness, ravenous, rawness, readiness, rebelliousness, recklessness, redness, remoteness, resistiveness, responsiveness, restiveness, restlessness, restrictiveness, richness, righteousness, rightness, riskiness, robustness, roominess, roughness, rowdiness, rudeness, ruinous, ruthlessness, sacredness, sadness, Salinas, sameness, scantiness, secretiveness, selfishness, selflessness, sensitiveness, separateness, seriousness, shakiness, shallowness, sharpness, shortness, shortsightedness, shrewdness, shyness, sickness, silliness, sinus, skittishness, slackness, sleepiness, sloppiness, slovenliness, slowness, sluggishness, slyness, smoothness, smugness, softness, solitariness, soundness, spiritedness, squeamishness, starkness, steadfastness, steadiness, steepness, sternness, stiffness, stinginess, stoutness, strangeness, stubbornness, sturdiness, suddenness, suggestiveness, sweetness, swiftness, tardiness, tartness, tastiness, tenderness, tetanus, thickness, thinness, thoroughness, tightness, timeliness, tiredness, togetherness, toughness, trustworthiness, ugliness, unconsciousness, uneasiness, unfairness, unhappiness, uniqueness, unpleasantness, unwieldiness, unwillingness, vagueness, vastness, venous, viciousness, villainous, vindictiveness, vividness, voluminous, wariness, waterishness, weakness, weariness, weightlessness, weirdness, wetness, whiteness, wholesomeness, wickedness, wilderness, wildness, willingness, wimpiness, witness, worldliness, worthiness, wryness.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "e-i-l-l-n-s-s"
	-1 letter: lisles, snells.
	-2 letters: isles, lenis, liens, lines, lisle, nills, sells, sills, sines, snell.
	-3 letters: ells, ills, isle, leis, lens, less, lien, lies, line, lins, ness, nill, nils, seis, sell, sels, sill, sine, sins.
	-4 letters: ell, els, ens, ess, ill, ins, lei, lie, lin, lis, nil, sei, sel, sen, sin, sis.
	-5 letters: el, en, es, in.
	Words containing the letters "e-i-l-l-n-s-s"
	+1 letter: ainsells, lineless, lintless, sensilla.
	+2 letters: chillness, collinses, illnesses, jolliness, linerless, lowliness, niellists, sensillae, sensillum, silliness, sinlessly, spellings, spinelles, stillness, swellings.
	+3 letters: chilliness, clientless, insolubles, installers, instillers, kindlessly, landslides, littleness, liveliness, loneliness, lordliness, loveliness, millstones, mindlessly, misenrolls, painlessly, pallidness, pollenosis, pollinoses, reinstalls, sailplanes, shrillness, signallers, silkalines, silkolines, sinsemilla, spellbinds, tasselling, villainess, windlessly, woolliness.
	+4 letters: brainlessly, bullishness, chillnesses, cleanliness, cranesbills, dollishness, elderliness, essentially, hellishness, illicitness, jollinesses, liberalness, likableness, liltingness, literalness, livableness, logicalness, lowlinesses, lyricalness, misspelling, noiselessly, pliableness, pointlessly, polylysines, respellings, sailplaners, sensorially, septillions, sextillions, sillinesses, sinsemillas, slovenliest, spinelessly, stainlessly, stencillers, stillnesses, unselfishly, wellsprings, willfulness, willingness, worldliness.
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Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
mental illness	1,597	critical illness cover	41
illness	656	critical illness cover uk	40
dog illness	396	chronic illness	39
cat illness	312	stress related illness	39
critical illness	296	food borne illness	36
common illness	258	child illness mental	35
illness symptom	100	history of mental illness	35
critical illness insurance	90	medical illness	33
childhood illness	87	heat related illness	33
feline illness	86	gulf war illness	33
terminal illness	83	bipolar illness	32
pet illness	65	illness puppy	32
child illness	63	cat illness symptom	32
canine illness	58	illness rabbit	30
illness jerry lewis	56	respiratory illness	30
hamster illness	54	gold fish illness	29
type of mental illness	51	dog illness symptom	28
foodborne illness	48	kitten illness	28
mental illness in child	45	illness parakeet	27
mental illness symptom	42	environmental illness	27
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Illness

Definition: Illness

Illness

Noun

Specialty Definition: Illness

Specialty Definition: Disease

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Disease

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Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Fyodor Dostoevski

Herodotus

Oscar Wilde

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Treaty of Versailles

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Emma

Austen, Jane

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Devil's Dictionary

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