Englishillness
noun
he was making a steady recovery from his recent illness:
sickness, disease, ailment, disorder, complaint, malady, affliction, attack, infection, contagion, disability, indisposition;
bug, virus;
ill health, poor health, infirmity, valetudinarianism;
British, informal lurgy;
Australian, informal wog.
▷antonyms good health.
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illness Oxford Dictionary of English