- plural of ailment.
ailments
Example Sentences
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Symptoms included stinging eyes, head pain, lung problems and stomach ailments.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
Some of the most familiar medical problems and ailments arise directly from these inherited constraints.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 11, 2026
There’s no insurance product that will protect all your assets from the unpredictable, multiyear impact of serious health ailments.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 15, 2026
Most presidential check-up reports, though, contain details of mundane ailments: "Doctors removed a precancerous skin lesion from the tip of his nose", reads a New York Times report on Bill Clinton's annual checkup from 1996.
From BBC ● May 30, 2026
His ailments, his frustration, and the mounting intensity of the work taxed his spirits and caused him to feel older than his age.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
