1 [U] the state of being physically or mentally ill:
mental illness * I missed a lot of school through illness last year.
2 [C] a type or period of illness:
minor / serious illnesses * childhood illnesses * He died after a long illness.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for illness is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is illness a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, illness is tagged as noun.
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