sickness
State of malaise
Sickness is the condition of being unwell—illness in general or a specific disease.
It often implies nausea or stomach upset: morning sickness, motion sickness, I felt a wave of sickness.
Figuratively, sickness describes something disturbing or morally wrong: a sickness in society, What kind of sickness makes someone do that?
Disorder impairing normal function
- ailmentMinor health problem
- infectionPathogen invasion causing illness
- feverElevated body temperature
- virusMicroscopic infectious agent
flu · cold · cough · symptom · diagnosis · treatment · medicine · bacteria
Persistent dull discomfort
- sorenessTender, painful sensation
- discomfortMild physical or mental distress
- crampPainful muscle seizure
- feverElevated body temperature
chills · throbbing · tenderness · malaise · body aches · headache · migraine · inflammation
Sudden eruption of trouble
- contagionDisease spread by contact
- pandemicGlobal disease outbreak
- spreadTo distribute widely
- transmissionSending of information
quarantine · infection · endemic · vaccination · immunity · contamination · vector · public health
Deficiency in force
- fatigueWeariness from prolonged exertion
- exhaustionState of utter depletion
- frailtyWeakness of body
- feeblenessLack of strength
languor · prostration · enfeeblement · wasting · decline · incapacity · invalidism · bedridden
Mild stomach disturbance
- vomitingExpelling stomach contents orally
- retchingHeaving without expelling
- upset stomachGastrointestinal distress
- gaggingReflex throat constriction
biliousness · heaving · stomachache · indigestion · vertigo · dizziness · lightheadedness · dry heaves
disease
Disorder impairing normal function
virus · flu · cold · cough · symptom · diagnosis · treatment · medicine · bacteria · therapy
ache
Persistent dull discomfort
- sorenessTender, painful sensation
- discomfortMild physical or mental distress
- crampPainful muscle seizure
fever · chills · throbbing · tenderness · malaise · body aches · headache · migraine · inflammation · swelling
outbreak
Sudden eruption of trouble
transmission · quarantine · infection · endemic · vaccination · immunity · contamination · vector · public health · epidemiology
weakness
Deficiency in force
- fatigueWeariness from prolonged exertion
- exhaustionState of utter depletion
- frailtyWeakness of body
feebleness · languor · prostration · enfeeblement · wasting · decline · incapacity · invalidism · bedridden · infirmity
queasiness
Mild stomach disturbance
- vomitingExpelling stomach contents orally
- retchingHeaving without expelling
- upset stomachGastrointestinal distress
gagging · biliousness · heaving · stomachache · indigestion · vertigo · dizziness · lightheadedness · dry heaves · bile
- medicinedoctor, doctors, hospital, medicine, surgery
- illnessdisease, illness, ailment, disorder, malady
- afflictionsaffliction, ailment, disease, illness, malady
- epidemicsepidemic, pandemic, outbreak, disease, Black Death
- life circumstanceschildhood, adulthood, adolescence, old age, parenthood
- physical conditionsillness, disease, injury, disability, pain
sicknesshealth
Condition of body, mind
wellness · healthiness · soundness · wholeness · fitness
sicknessvigor
Active physical strength
vitality · robustness · heartiness · lustiness · ruggedness
sicknesswellness
Overall state of health
well-being · welfare · flourishing · thriving · wholesomeness
- morning sicknessPregnancy-related nausea
- motion sicknessNausea from perceived movement
- car sicknessNausea from vehicle travel
- travel sicknessNausea from movement
- altitude sicknessHypoxia from high elevation
- air sicknessNausea during flight
homesickness, seasickness, carsickness, sicknesses, lovesickness, airsickness, heartsickness