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ailment

noun as in mild sickness

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That was one of the reasons the group decided on a field day celebration: “Our stomachs have been hurting, our backs have been hurting, just all of the body ailments.”

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NDM-CRE can cause such ailments as pneumonia, bloodstream infections, urinary tract infections and wound infections.

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And whether the cats recovered because they were treated with Tamiflu, or whether the medication was incidental and they’d have recovered on their own — from another virus, infection or ailment — isn’t clear.

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The paper also noted that women who took acetaminophen while pregnant were, unsurprisingly, more likely to suffer from the kinds of ailments for which the medication is indicated, like fevers or chronic pain.

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Though she did not reveal which ailment landed her in the hospital, her mother Yolanda Hadid left a hint in the comments section, where she praised her daughter as a “Lyme warrior.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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