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   sickness

   /ˈsɪknɪs/

   noun

   • 1. the state of being ill: "she was absent through sickness" Similar illnessdiseasedisorderailmentcomplaintafflictioninfectionmaladyinfirmityindispositioninformal:lurgybugviruswog
   • ▪ a particular type of illness or disease: "botulism causes fodder sickness of horses"
   • 2. the feeling or fact of being affected with nausea or vomiting: "she felt a wave of sickness wash over her" Similar nauseabiliousnessqueasinessvomitingretchinggaggingupset stomachstomach upsettravel-sicknessseasicknesscarsicknessairsicknessmotion sicknessmorning sicknessaltitude sicknessinformal:throwing uppukingrare:qualms

   Word Origin Old Englishsēocnesse (see sick1, -ness).

   Scrabble Points: 14

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