illnesses
Conditions requiring treatment
Illnesses is the plural of illness—conditions of poor health, whether physical or mental.
The word covers everything from minor ailments to serious diseases: childhood illnesses, chronic illnesses, mental illnesses.
Unlike diseases, which often have specific medical definitions, illnesses emphasizes the experience of being unwell: She's had a string of illnesses this winter.
Minor health problem
- conditionState or stipulation
- disorderAbsence of organization
- maladyA bodily affliction
- sicknessBodily disorder or disease
affliction · diagnosis · symptoms · disease · syndrome · complaint · infirmity · pathology
Acute viral respiratory infection
- choleraBacterial disease causing fatal dehydration
- tuberculosisMycobacterial lung disease
- malariaMosquito-borne parasitic infection
- typhoidSalmonella-caused systemic infection
dengue · measles · hepatitis · HIV · COVID · smallpox · polio · meningitis
Post-illness healing phase
- healingRestoration of health
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
- recuperationGradual return to health
- remissionTemporary disease absence
therapy · treatment · wellness · rest · care · prognosis · survival · cure
Metabolic disorder affecting glucose
- arthritisInflamed joint disease
- hypertensionChronic elevated arterial pressure
- asthmaChronic lung inflammation
- COPDChronic obstructive pulmonary disease
heart disease · fibromyalgia · multiple sclerosis · lupus · kidney disease · autoimmune · long-term · degenerative
Sudden eruption of trouble
- pandemicGlobal disease outbreak
- contagionDisease spread by contact
- spreadTo distribute widely
- quarantineIsolation preventing disease transmission
transmission · public health · endemic · epicenter · mortality · containment · contact tracing · superspreader
ailment
Minor health problem
sickness · affliction · diagnosis · symptoms · disease · syndrome · complaint · infirmity · pathology · suffering
influenza
Acute viral respiratory infection
- choleraBacterial disease causing fatal dehydration
- tuberculosisMycobacterial lung disease
- malariaMosquito-borne parasitic infection
typhoid · dengue · measles · hepatitis · HIV · COVID · smallpox · polio · meningitis · pneumonia
convalescence
Post-illness healing phase
- healingRestoration of health
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
- recuperationGradual return to health
remission · therapy · treatment · wellness · rest · care · prognosis · survival · cure · improvement
diabetes
Metabolic disorder affecting glucose
- arthritisInflamed joint disease
- hypertensionChronic elevated arterial pressure
- asthmaChronic lung inflammation
COPD · heart disease · fibromyalgia · multiple sclerosis · lupus · kidney disease · autoimmune · long-term · degenerative · incurable
outbreak
Sudden eruption of trouble
quarantine · transmission · public health · endemic · epicenter · mortality · containment · contact tracing · superspreader · wave
depression
Prolonged low state
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
- schizophreniaPsychotic disorder with delusions
- bipolarHaving two opposite poles
PTSD · OCD · phobia · dementia · ADHD · anorexia · bulimia · insomnia · paranoia · psychosis
- medical historyHippocrates, germ theory, bloodletting, Galen, four humors
illnesseshealth
Condition of body, mind
wellness · well-being · good health · healthiness · fitness
illnessescures
Remedies that heal
remedies · recoveries · treatments · healings · restorations
- mental illnessDisorder affecting cognition or mood
- terminal illnessIncurable, deadly medical condition
- waterborne illnessSickness transmitted through water
- mental illnessesConditions affecting psychological wellbeing
- chronic illnessLasting health impairment
- faking illness