unwellness

unwellness

(ʌnˈwɛlnəs)

n

the quality or state of being unwell

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unwellness - impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism illness, sickness, 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) health, wellness - a healthy state of wellbeing free from disease; "physicians should be held responsible for the health of their patients"