Impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism

Usage examples of illness.

A month before the wedding, during a spell of several weeks when they were unable to see one another because of illness, Adams wrote to her: Oh, my dear girl, I thank heaven that another fortnight will restore you to me--after so long a separation.

Interestingly enough, when adrenochrome is injected into normal human subjects, temporary psychotic states resembling those of mental illness are produced.

Stimpson, it was thought that a proven warehouseman would be more helpful than a third alieni st Even with the most rigorous schedule and the briefest of consultations, it was clear to Thomas that he would not be able to follow the course of six hundred illnesses, let alone devote to them the long-term observation they required.

The Sons of Annam customarily drank from the Well of Health before departing Bleak Palace, since the magical waters kept the mind clear and the body free of illness.

We are seeing the rise of illness that is associated with psychological stress and with the autoimmune system.

AIDS, cancer, allergies, asthma, candida albicans, lowered resistance to infection and other illnesses are related to the functioning of the autoimmune system.

Apparently it was only when he was immobilised by a terrible fit in Barnaul, in February 1857, a month after marrying Mariya Dmitriyevna Isayeva, that he took medical advice and realised the full extent of his illness.

When a musher begins a rest cycle, he boils water, feeds his dogs, removes their booties, and checks each dog for injury or illness.

He had blamed the breakbone fever for his shattered memories, but what if his illness was not the cause?

Ornish plan, particularly if you need to lose a great deal of weight or if you have a chronic illness like cardiovascular disease.

To some Dales and some people, it brought but a few days of more or less mild illness.

By 1880, owing to warfare and deculturation as well as illness, Native numbers had dropped to 250,000, a decline of 98 percent.

John to put on the identical goggles which his care had provided for Denbigh in his illness.

International organizations and aid agencies have consistently found that diarrheal and respiratory illnesses were the biggest killers in Iraq.

At the start of our war and subsequent boycott against Iraq, a few hundred children younger than five were killed each month by respiratory infections, malnutrition, and diarrheal illnesses.