The doctor said that this ailment is incurable.
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Ailment
/ˈeɪlmənt/
Synonyms for "ailment" (109 found)
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Closest matches (22)
abnormalityacute diseaseaffectionafflictionallergic diseaseallergyatrophyattackbacterial diseasebirth defectblightcardiovascular diseasechronic diseasecirculatory diseasecomplaintcomplicationconditioncongenital defect
Noun(4 words)
Strong matches (33)
Related words (54)
Noun(10 words)
illnessesillsindispositionsinfirmitiesmaladiesmalsmedical conditionphysical disordersicknesssicknesses
indispositioninfectious diseaseinfirmityinquietudemaladymalaisemorbiditymorbusmuscular diseaseneurological diseasenutritional diseaseoccupational diseaseorganic diseasepandemic diseasepathological conditionpathologypipplant diseaseprotozoan diseasepsychosomatic disease
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queasinessrespiratory diseaserestivenessrestlessnessrockinesssecondary diseaseseedinesssickishnesssicknesssignsignssymptomsymptomatologysymptomologysymptomssyndromethe piptroubleturmoilunresturogenital diseasevirus diseasewasting diseaseworm disease
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Sample sentences
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After receiving treatment for a stomach ailment acquired while traveling overseas, Tom and Mary endured weeks of horrendous abdominal gas from the prescribed antibiotics.
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“This man had every conceivable physical ailment toward the end, yet he never complained,” Lord said, sending his friend off in a note of admiration.
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The doctor, entering the treatment room, asked the patient, "Are you the appendix?" – in so doing, reducing the person to his ailment.
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