ailment

But these two suffer from the same ailment - they're strikers who are not very good at striking the ball into an opponent's net no matter who they're playing for.

From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2026

The FDA also requires that a drug be tested for its ability to treat a named ailment rather than something more general like “aging.”

From Slate ● Mar. 30, 2026

Glanville had been struggling for the last few years with a mysterious ailment that caused recurring facial swelling, speech impairment and the loss of teeth, leaving her reluctant to go out in public.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 2026

Commentators gave him credit for handling an eye ailment with more panache than former German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who wore an eye-patch in 2023 after injuring himself jogging.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 22, 2026

They prefer to take it for granted that we only die because we get sick, with one lethal ailment or another, and if we did not have our diseases we might go on indefinitely.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas

We always stayed in touch, almost every week or so and we'd usually talk about our ailments and then about what we'd been doing that particular week.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

Last year, the SSA added 13 ailments to its compassionate allowance list of conditions that are so severe they automatically meet Social Security’s strict definition of disability.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026

Some of the most familiar medical problems and ailments arise directly from these inherited constraints.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 11, 2026

High blood pressure, nervous breakdowns, respiratory problems, fever and dehydration feature among the most common ailments at the site housing hundreds, according to several doctors consulted.

From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026

She didn’t know how to love anyone — though she did believe he loved her, that he found her a doctor for his many ailments, both those he could name and those he could not.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen