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ill health

NOUN

disease

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Cancer bug condition contamination defect disorder epidemic fever flu illness infection inflammation malady plague sickness stroke syndrome virus

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ache affection attack blight breakdown canker collapse complaint contagion convulsions debility decrepitude distemper endemic feebleness fit hemorrhage indisposition infirmity misery seizure spell temperature unhealthiness unsoundness upset visitation

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pathosis sickliness

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advantage good health health

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ability blessing boon happiness soundness strength

NOUN

illness

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ailment breakdown collapse disability disorder disturbance flu malady relapse seizure sickness syndrome virus

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affliction attack bug complaint confinement convalescence dose fit indisposition infirmity malaise prostration

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ailing diseasedness failing health poor health unhealth what's going around

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health order

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aid good health healthiness

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well-being wellness

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infirmity

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affliction ailment deficiency frailty imperfection malady

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confinement debilitation debility decay decrepitude defect disease disorder failing fault feebleness flu indisposition malaise shortcoming unhealthiness unwellness vulnerability

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ailing diseasedness sickliness unhealth

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health perfection

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ability advantage improvement soundness strength strong point

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good health healthiness robustness

NOUN

insubstantiality

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affliction ailment confinement debilitation debility decay decrepitude defect deficiency delicacy disease disorder failing fault feebleness flimsiness flu fragility frailness frailty imperfection indisposition malady malaise puniness shortcoming unhealthiness unsoundness unwellness vulnerability weakness

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ailing delicateness diseasedness fragileness sickliness unhealth unsubstantiality weakliness

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ability advantage health improvement perfection soundness strength strong point

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malady

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Cancer ache affliction ailment blight disability disorder epidemic fever flu illness infection infirmity inflammation sickness syndrome virus

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affection attack bug complaint condition contagion debility distemper plague

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comfort good health health relief strength

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puniness

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affliction ailment confinement debilitation debility decay decrepitude defect deficiency delicacy disease disorder failing fault feebleness flimsiness flu fragility frailness frailty imperfection indisposition insubstantiality malady malaise shortcoming unhealthiness unsoundness unwellness vulnerability weakness

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ailing delicateness diseasedness fragileness sickliness unhealth unsubstantiality weakliness

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ability advantage health improvement perfection soundness strength strong point

NOUN

sickness

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ailment disease disorder illness infirmity malady nausea syndrome

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affection affliction bug complaint condition ill indisposition queasiness unhealthfulness unwellness

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diseasedness unhealth

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good health health

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happiness

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wholesomeness

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unsoundness

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affliction ailment confinement debilitation debility decay decrepitude defect deficiency delicacy disease disorder failing fault feebleness flimsiness flu fragility frailness frailty imperfection indisposition insubstantiality malady malaise puniness shortcoming unhealthiness unwellness vulnerability weakness

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ailing delicateness diseasedness fragileness sickliness unhealth unsubstantiality weakliness

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ability advantage health improvement perfection soundness strength strong point

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unsubstantiality

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affliction ailing ailment confinement debilitation debility decay decrepitude defect deficiency delicacy delicateness disease diseasedness disorder failing fault feebleness flimsiness flu fragileness fragility frailness frailty imperfection indisposition insubstantiality malady malaise puniness shortcoming sickliness unhealth unhealthiness unsoundness unwellness vulnerability weakliness weakness

NOUN

weakliness

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WEAK

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However, that number fell to 39 following the resignation this week of Old Catton councillor Mark Tucker, because of ill health.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

Andrew Mooney, the think tank's principal data analyst, said: "The UK has the highest levels of obesity in western Europe and there has been a surge in mental ill health, especially among young people."

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

Lawmakers and regulators sifted through what had gone wrong with Credit Suisse and zeroed in on regulatory loopholes related to overseas subsidiaries that masked its ill health.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

Seve, for instance, is in ill health and drowning in Amazon boxes inside his Baltimore apartment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

What deep readings his modified sensibility might make of human suffering, of the self-destructive folly or sheer bad luck that drive men toward ill health!

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

ill health

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