Ailment

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  • noun. A physical or mental disorder, especially a mild illness.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Disease; indisposition; morbid affection of the body: not ordinarily applied to acute diseases.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Indisposition; morbid affection of the body; -- not applied ordinarily to acute diseases.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Something which ails one; a disease; sickness.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining
    • Word Usage
    "When someone seems so dissatisfied with life and just perpetually grumpy, this type of physical ailment is no surprise."
    cross-reference
    disease  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    disorder  upset  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    kinetosis  motion sickness  pip  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    curtailment  derailment  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    ache  affliction  arthritis  asthma  bronchitis  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    abnormality  acute disease  affection  affection  affliction  
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