sickness

sick·ness

 (sĭk′nĭs)

n.

1. The condition of being sick; illness.

2. A disease; a malady.

3. Nausea.

4. A defective or unsound condition.

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sickness

(ˈsɪknɪs)

n

1. (Pathology) an illness or disease

2. (Pathology) nausea or queasiness

3. (Medicine) the state or an instance of being sick

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sick•ness

(ˈsɪk nɪs)

n.

1. a particular disease or malady.

2. the state or an instance of being sick.

3. nausea; queasiness.

[before 1000]

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	sickness - impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism illness, unwellness, malady condition - an illness, disease, or other medical problem; "a heart condition"; "a skin condition" health problem, ill health, unhealthiness - a state in which you are unable to function normally and without pain ague - a fit of shivering or shaking amyloidosis - a disorder characterized by deposit of amyloid in organs or tissues; often secondary to chronic rheumatoid arthritis or tuberculosis or multiple myeloma anuresis, anuria - inability to urinate catastrophic illness - severe illness requiring prolonged hospitalization or recovery; usually involves high costs for hospitals and doctors and medicines collapse, prostration - an abrupt failure of function or complete physical exhaustion; "the commander's prostration demoralized his men" bends, caisson disease, decompression sickness, gas embolism, aeroembolism, air embolism - pain resulting from rapid change in pressure food poisoning, gastrointestinal disorder - illness caused by poisonous or contaminated food lead poisoning, plumbism, saturnism - toxic condition produced by the absorption of excessive lead into the system hypermotility - excessive movement; especially excessive motility of the gastrointestinal tract indisposition - a slight illness ozone sickness - illness that can occur to persons exposed to ozone in high-altitude aircraft; characterized by sleepiness and headache and chest pains and itchiness toxaemia, toxaemia of pregnancy, toxemia, toxemia of pregnancy - an abnormal condition of pregnancy characterized by hypertension and edema and protein in the urine growth - (pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor)
	2.	sickness - defectiveness or unsoundness; "drugs have become a sickness they cannot cure"; "a great sickness of his judgment" defectiveness, faultiness - the state of being defective
	3.	sickness - the state that precedes vomiting   nausea kinetosis, motion sickness - the state of being dizzy or nauseated because of the motions that occur while traveling in or on a moving vehicle symptom - (medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease morning sickness - nausea early in the day; a characteristic symptom in the early months of pregnancy queasiness, squeamishness, qualm - a mild state of nausea

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sickness

noun

1. illness, disorder, ailment, disease, complaint, bug (informal), affliction, malady, infirmity, indisposition, lurgy (informal) a sickness that affects children

2. nausea, queasiness, biliousness He felt a great rush of sickness.

3. vomiting, nausea, upset stomach, throwing up, puking (slang), retching, barfing (U.S. slang) Symptoms include sickness and diarrhoea.

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sickness

noun

1. The condition of being sick:

affliction, disorder, illness, indisposition, infirmity.

2. A pathological condition of mind or body:

ailment, complaint, disease, disorder, ill, illness, infirmity, malady.

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Translations

مَرَض

nemoc

sygdom

KrankheitÜbelkeitUnwohlsein

αρρώστια

enfermedadmareo

sairauspahoinvointi

maladieinfirmité

bolest

veiki

malattia

病気吐き気

병

ziekte

sykdom

choroba

doença

тошнотаболезньзаболеваниенедомогание

bolezen

bolest

sjukdom

ความเจ็บป่วย

hastalık

căn bệnh

疾病病

sickness

[ˈsɪknɪs]

A. N

1. (= illness) → enfermedad f
after several months of sickness he was able to return to work → después de varios meses de enfermedad pudo regresar al trabajo
in sickness and in health → en la salud y en la enfermedad

2. (= feeling of nausea) → náuseas fpl; (= vomiting) → vómitos mpl
see also altitude B
see also mountain B
see also travel D

B. CPD sickness benefit N → subsidio m de enfermedad
to be on sickness benefit → recibir el subsidio de enfermedad

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sickness

[ˈsɪknəs] n

(= illness) → maladie f

(= vomiting) → vomissements mplsickness benefit n (= sick pay while temporarily off work) → indemnités fpl maladie, indemnités fpl de maladie (= incapacity benefit) → pension f d'invaliditésick note n (for work) → certificat m médical; (for school) → mot m d'absencesick pay n → indemnités fpl (de) maladie (versée par l'employeur)

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sickness

n (Med) → Krankheit f (also fig); (= nausea) → Übelkeit f; (= vomiting) → Erbrechen nt; (of joke, book, film) → Geschmacklosigkeit f; there is sickness on board → an Bord geht eine Krankheit um; in sickness and in health → in guten und in schlechten Zeiten or Tagen; the sickness of his mind → seine Abartigkeit

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sickness

[ˈsɪknɪs] n → malattia
there's a lot of sickness about → c'è molta gente malata
wave of sickness → ondata di malessere

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

sick

(sik) adjective

1. vomiting or inclined to vomit. He has been sick several times today; I feel sick; She's inclined to be seasick/airsick/car-sick. siek مُصاب بالغَثَيان на когото му се гади enjoado zvracející, na zvracení Brechreiz verspüren kvalm; kaste op; -syg που έχει την τάση για εμετό mareado oksendav, oksendamaajav ناخوش pahoinvoiva qui a mal au cœur חולה उल्टी करना या आना kome je zlo, koji osjeća mučninu hány mual vera óglatt, veikur (con la nausea) むかつく 토할 것 같은 jaučiantis šleikštulį, pykinantis, vemiantis ar sliktu dūšu; tuvu vemšanai; vemjošs mabuk misselijkkvalm, uvel, syk mający mdłości رنځور، ناروغ، ناجوړه: كانګن، قيجن (كانګوياقي ته مايل)، خواګرځن (خوا ګرځېدونكى)، خواګرځى: ستړى، خوا تورى، زړه تورى: زمول، مړاوى، مړژواندى enjoado care are greţuri чувствующий тошноту chorý (od žalúdka) ki (mu) je slabo koji oseća mučninu illamående, [sjö]sjuk คลื่นไส้ midesi bulanmış 反胃的 той, що почуває нудоту جی متلانا dễ bị nôn ,buồn nôn 恶心想呕吐的，晕车（船等）

2. (especially American) ill. He is a sick man; The doctor told me that my husband is very sick and may not live very long. siek سَقيم ، مَريض болен doente nemocný krank syg άρρωστοςenfermo haige بيمار sairas maladeחולה बीमार bolestan, slab beteg sakit veikur, sjúkur, lasinn malato, ammalato 病気の 병든 sergantis, nesveikas slims sakit zieksykchory ناروغ doente bolnav больной chorý bolan bolestan sjuk ป่วย hasta (尤在美國)生病的 хворий, слабий بیمار ốm, bị bệnh （美国）病的

3. very tired (of); wishing to have no more (of). I'm sick of doing this; I'm sick and tired of hearing about it! siek مُتْعَب، ضَجِر مِن омръзнало ми е да cansado unavený; otrávený leid dødtræt af μπουχτισμένος, αηδιασμένοςharto, cansado, preocupado tüdinud, villand جان برلب kyllästynyt qui en a assez (de) נמאס ऊबा हुआ sit, umoran elege van (vmiből) jemu hundleiður stanco, stufo うんざりした 지겨워서 (kam) įgrisęs iki gyvo kaulo apnicis; noguris sangat letih beuleizmęczony ستړى cansado sătul (de) надоевший, опротивевший unavený; znechutený naveličan umoran less, utled อ่อนเพลีย bıkmış, usanmış 感到厭倦的 стомлений; той, кому набридло (що) اکتا جانا chán ngấy 腻烦的

4. affected by strong, unhappy or unpleasant feelings. I was really sick at making that bad mistake. ongelukkig يَحِزُّ في نَفْسِه، يَشْعُر بالتَّعاسَه нещастен chateado znechucený enttäuscht dårlig; syg απογοητευμένος, βαθιά δυσαρεστημένος angustiado õnnetu نگران suunniltaan écœuré parנמאס व्याकुल razočaran, koji osjeća ljutnju levert muak vera miður sín scoraggiato いやになる 괴로운 nerandantis sau vietos nelaimīgs; sapīcis rasa sungguh teruk van streeklei seg forzdegustowany رنځور chateado îndurerat de страдающий, удручённый znechutený bolan loše sjuk ไม่สบายใจ çok üzgün 令人極不愉快的 роздратований کراہیت کا احساس ہونا đau khổ, chán ghét 不高兴的，懊丧的

5. in bad taste. a sick joke. siek, vulgêr نُكْتَة سَيِّئَه перверзен de mau gosto špatný schlecht syg αρρωστημένοςmorboso, de muy mal gusto, negro haiglane, halvamaiguline نيشدار sairas macabreמגעיל बीभत्स morbidan, perverzan ízléstelen kasar ósmekklegur, sjúklegur (di cattivo gusto) 気味の悪い 불건전한 nevykęs muļķīgs (joks); vājš; neizdevies yang teruk lugubermakaber, sykeligniesmaczny نیشدار de mau gosto macabru мрачный nechutný bolan neukusan sjuk, makaber น่ารังเกียจ iğrenç 沒品味的 неприємний; позбавлений смаку نا زیبا چٹکلا chướng tai gai mắt 讨厌的

noun

vomit. The bedclothes were covered with sick. braaksel يَتَقَيَّأ повръщано vômito zvratek das Erbrochene opkast εμετόςvómito okse استفراغ oksennus vomiקיא उल्टी करना, उगलवाना bljuvotina hányás muntah æla vomito 吐いたもの 구토물 vėmalai vēmekļi muntah braakseloppkastwymioty کانګی vómito рвота zvratok bruhanje povraćka spyor การอาเจียน kusmuk 嘔吐物 блювота متلی những gì bị nôn mửa ra 呕吐物

ˈsicken verb

1. to become sick. siek word يَمْرَض разболявам adoecer onemocnět erkranken blive syg αδιαθετώcaer enfermo, enfermarse haigeks jääma مزسض شدن sairastua tomber malade לַחֲלוֹת बीमार पड़ना oboljeti, pobolijevati megbetegszik jatuh sakit veikjast ammalarsi 病気になる 병들다 sunegaluoti, susirgti saslimt; sajust nelabumu menjadi sakit zien worden bli syk, syknezachorować ناروغول، ناجوړول: ناجوړېدل، ناروغېدل، رنځورېدل adoecer a se îmbol­năvi заболевать ochorieť zboleti razboleti se insjukna ป่วย hastalanmak 生病，感到反胃 захворіти بیمار ہونا cảm thấy ốm 使生病，使作呕，使厌恶

2. to disgust. The very thought sickens me. siek maak يُثير إشْمِئْزاز отвращавам enojar znechutit anwidern gøre én dårlig αηδιάζω poner enfermo, dar asco iiveldama ajama بيزار كردن iljettää écœurer לְהַגעִיל घृणा पैदा करना zgaditi kome što undort kelt(vkiben) membuat mual valda ógeði nauseare, disgustare 不快にさせる 구역질 나다 versti vemti, kelti šleikštulį radīt riebumu; izsaukt vemšanu menjelikkan doen walgengjøre kvalm, frastøtemdlić رنځورېدل enojar a dez­­­­gusta вызывать отвращение znechutiť gnusiti se gaditi se göra illamående, äckla ขยะแขยง tiksindirmek 使噁心 викликати огиду متنفر کرنا chán ngấy 使恶心

ˈsickening adjective

causing sickness, disgust or weariness; very unpleasant or annoying. There was a sickening crunch; The weather is really sickening! siekmakend مُثير للإشْمِئْزاز، مُغْثٍ، مُقْرِف отвратителен nojento ohavný Übelkeit erregend modbydelig αηδιαστικός, δυσάρεστος, ενοχλητικόςnauseabundo, repugnante, asqueroso, exasperante ilge مشمئز كننده iljettävä écœrant מגעיל बीभत्स, घिनौना odvratan undorító memualkan, menjemukan viðbjóðslegur disgustoso うんざりする 병나게 하는, 구역질 나게 하는 kraupus, pasibaisėtinas pretīgs; šausmīgs menjelikkan; menjengkelkan weerzinwekkendtil å bli kvalm av, ekkelobrzydliwy ناروغه كوونكى nojento dezgustător отвратительный odporný zoprn, nagnusen odvratan vämjelig, vidrig, vedervärdig ซึ่งทำให้ป่วย tiksindirici 令人反胃、厭惡或厭倦的 такий, що викликає огиду قابل نفرت làm cho kinh tởm 令人厌恶的

ˈsickeningly adverb

siekmakend بصورةٍ مُثيرَةٍ للإشْمِئْزاز противно nojentamente ohavně widerlich modbydeligt αηδιαστικά repugnantemente ilgelt بطورمشمئز كننده iljettävästi d'une manière écœrante בְּצוּרָה מַגעִילָה बीभत्सता से, घिनौनेपन से odvratno undorítóan; émelyítően secara menjemukan, secara memualkan viðbjóðslega disgustosamente うんざりするほど 진저리 나게 pasibaisėtinai pretīgi; šausmīgi dengan cara yang menjelikkan weerzinwekkendkvalmende, ekkelt, usmakelig obrzydliwie په ناروغه كوونكى ډول nojentamente dezgus­tător отвратительно odporne odvratno odvratno vämjeligt, vidrigt, vedervärdigt อย่างเจ็บป่วย tiksindirici şekilde 令人反胃地、令人厭惡地 гидко کراہت آمیزي سے làm cho kinh tởm 令人厌恶地

ˈsickly adjective

1. tending to be often ill. a sickly child. siekerig ضَعيف، مُعَرَّض للمَرَض болнав doentio neduživý kränklich sygelig αρρωστιάρης, φιλάσθενοςenfermizo haiglane مريض احوال sairaalloinen maladifחולני हमेशा बीमार पड़ना boležljiv, slabunjav beteges sakit-sakitan heilskutæpur, veill malaticcio 病気がちな 병약한 liguistas, ligotas, negalingas, paliegęs slimīgs mudah jatuh sakit ziekelijksykelig, usunnchorowity رنځور غاړى doentio bolnăvicios болезненный chorľavý bolehen bolešljiv sjuklig เจ็บป่วยบ่อย hastalıklı 多病的 хворобливий دائم المریض hay ốm, hay bệnh 多病的

2. suggesting sickness; pale; feeble. She looks sickly. vaal, bleek شاحِب، هَزيل нездрав adoentado nezdravý, bledý, mdlý kränklich dårlig ασθενικός, ωχρός, αδύναμοςpálido hädine رنگ و رو پريده heikko pâleחולני पीला, विवर्ण bolesna izgleda, blijed bágyadt suram, lemah sjúklegur, veiklulegur pallido 病気の 병자 같은 nesveikas slimīgs; nevesels tampak pucat kwijnendgusten, sykelig blekniezdrowy ناروغ adoentado bolnăvicios; slab нездоровый chorľavý bled, slaboten bolestan glåmig, sjuk ซึ่งไม่น่ามอง solgun 蒼白的，病態的，憔悴的 нездоровий; блідий ناخوش گوار xanh xao, gầy yếu 好象有病的，不健康的

ˈsickness noun

the state of being sick or ill. There seems to be a lot of sickness in the town; seasickness. siekte مَرَض боледуване doença nemoc die Krankheit sygdom; -syge αδιαθεσία, ναυτίαenfermedad, mareo iiveldus, haigus بيماري sairaus maladieמחלה बीमारी, रोग, मर्ज, मिचली bolest betegség penyakit veiki malattia 病気 병 liga slimība orang sakit ziektesykdom; kvalmechoroba ناروغتيا، ناجوړتيا، رنځ doença maladie болезнь; тошнота choroba bolezen bolest sjukdom, [sjö]sjuka ความเจ็บป่วย hastalık 生病 хвороба; нудота بیماری ، علالت sự ốm, cảm giác buồn nôn 疾病

ˈsick-leave noun

time taken off from work etc because of sickness. He has been on sick-leave for the last three days. siekteverlof إجازَه مَرَضِيَّه отпуск по болест licença por doença pracovní neschopnost Fehlen wegen Krankheit sygeorlov αναρρωτική άδεια baja por enfermedad haigusleht مزخصي استعلاجي با حقوق sairasloma congé de maladie חוּפשַת מַחֲלָה रोग अवकाश bolovanje betegszabadság izin sakit veikindafrí congedo per malattia 病欠 병가 atostogos dėl ligos slimības atvaļinājums cuti sakit ziekteverlofsykepermisjonzwolnienie lekarskie رخصت اخيستل له تنخا سره licença por doença concediu medical отпуск по болезни pracovná neschopnosť bolniški dopust bolovanje sjukledighet, -permission วันลาป่วย hastalık izni, tebdilhava 病假 лікарняний رخصت بیماری thời gian nghỉ ốm 病假

make (someone) sick

to make (someone) feel very annoyed, upset etc. It makes me sick to see him waste money like that. kwaad maak يُثير إشْمِئْزاز، يُغيظ отвращавам enojar dělat se špatně (z) krank gøre én syg αηδιάζω reventar/hacer rabiar/dar asco (a alguien) vastikust äratama نگران وناراحت كردن ärsyttää rendre malade לְהַגעִיל के ऊपर नाराज होना, से नाराज होना smučiti dühbe hoz membuat jengkel, membuat mual angra (far stare male) うんざりさせる 화나게 하다 erzinti, siutinti tracināt; kaitināt menjengkelkan ergerenirritere grenseløst, bli kvalm av przyprawiać o mdłości نا راحت کوونکی fazer nojo a dezgusta противно mať dosť, protiviť sa (čo) gnusiti se (komu) gaditi se må illa (äcklas) av ทำให้รำคาญ canını sıkmak, hasta etmek 令人惱怒的 викликати нудоту کسی کو بیزار کرنا làm cho ai bị xúc phạm 令人厌恶的

the sick

ill people. He visits the sick. die siekes المَرْضى болни os doentes nemocní die Kranken(pl.) de syge οι ασθενείς los enfermos haiged بيماران sairaat les malades הַחוֹלִים रोगी, मरीज bolesnici a betegek orang sakit veikt fólk i malati 病人 병자 ligoniai, sergantieji slimnieki orang sakit zieken de syke chorzy ناروغان os doentes bolnavii больные chorí bolniki bolesnici de sjuka คนป่วย hastalar 病人 хворі بیمار افراد người ốm 病人

worried sick

very worried. I'm worried sick about it. baie bekommerd قَلِق جِدا силно разтревожен muito preocupado nemocný úzkostí schrecklich beunruhigt dødbekymret άρρωστος από την ανησυχία muy preocupado, muy angustiado (haiglaselt) pabistav سراسيمه hyvin huolestunut malade d'inquiétude מודאג बहुत परेशान jako zabrinut nagyon aggódik sangat mencemaskan mjög hyggjufullur (molto preoccupato) とても心配して 몹시 걱정하여 iš galvos kraustytis pagalam noraizējies sangat bimbang doodongerust syk av bekymring chory z niepokoju پريښانه muito preocupado foarte/extrem de îngrijorat сильно обеспокоенный chorý od úzkosti bolan od skrbi bolestan od brige sjuk av oro กังวลใจมาก çok endişeli 極為擔憂 занадто стурбований بہت پریشان ہونا quá lo lắng 非常担心

see also ill.

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sickness

→ مَرَض nemoc sygdom Krankheit αρρώστια enfermedad sairaus maladie bolest malattia 病気 병 ziekte sykdom choroba doença недомогание sjukdom ความเจ็บป่วย hastalık căn bệnh 病

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sick·ness

n. enfermedad, dolencia, mal;

acute African sleeping ___ → ___ africana del sueño;

altitude ___ → mal de altura;

beriberi ___ → ___ de Ceylon;

bleeding ___ → hemofilia;

car ___ → cinetosis, mareo;

decompression ___ → ___ de los buzos;

falling ___ → epilepsia;

gall ___ → anaplasmosis;

green ___ → clorosis, cloroanemia;

milk ___ → brucelosis;

morning ___ → trastorno de las embarazadas;

motion ___ → ___ de los viajeros;

radiation ___ → ___ por radiación.

English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

• I suffer from travel sickness (US)
  I get travel-sick (UK) → أُعاني مِنْ دوارُ البَحْرِ → Trpím kinetózou → Jeg får køresyge → Ich leide an Reisekrankheit → Έχω ναυτία → Me mareo cuando viajo → Minulla on matkapahoinvointia → J'ai le mal des transports → Povraća mi se u vožnji → Soffro di mal d'auto → 私は乗り物酔いします → 멀미를 해요 → Ik heb last van reisziekte → Jeg lider av reisesyke → Mam chorobę lokomocyjną → Eu sofro de enjôo em viagens → Меня укачивает → Jag blir åksjuk → ฉันเมารถ → Seyahat bulantım var → Tôi bị say tàu xe → 我晕车／晕机

Collins Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009

sickness

n enfermedad f, mal m; altitude — mal de altura, mal de montaña, soroche m (SA); decompression — enfermedad por descompresión; morning — náuseas matutinas (form), náuseas or vómitos del embarazo; motion — mareo (producido por el movimiento); radiation — enfermedad por radiación; serum — enfermedad del suero; sleeping — enfermedad del sueño

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