sicks
Commands to attack
Sicks is the third-person singular of sick, meaning to urge an animal to attack: She sicks the dog on intruders.
The spelling sics is more common and considered standard, but sicks appears frequently.
The past tense follows the same pattern—sicked or sicced.
Minor health problem
- illnessState of poor health
- maladyA bodily affliction
- afflictionCause of ongoing distress
- conditionState or stipulation
disorder · syndrome · pathology · infirmity · diagnosis · prognosis · chronic · acute
Elevated body temperature
- nauseaPre-vomiting stomach discomfort
- vomitingExpelling stomach contents orally
- diarrheaFrequent liquid bowel movements
- fatigueWeariness from prolonged exertion
weakness · chills · sweats · aches · congestion · cough · soreness · inflammation
Microscopic infectious agent
- bacteriaNucleus-free single-celled organisms
- contagionDisease spread by contact
- pathogenDisease-causing microorganism
- germsMicroscopic disease agents
microbe · parasite · fungus · contamination · transmission · incubation · carrier · infectious
Abnormal drowsiness and apathy
- listlessnessAbsence of energy, enthusiasm
- fatigueWeariness from prolonged exertion
- weaknessDeficiency in force
- languorWeary, dreamy fatigue
weariness · torpor · sluggishness · unwellness · discomfort · indisposition · exhaustion · run-down
ailment
Minor health problem
- illnessState of poor health
- maladyA bodily affliction
- afflictionCause of ongoing distress
condition · disorder · syndrome · pathology · infirmity · diagnosis · prognosis · chronic · acute · degenerative
fever
Elevated body temperature
- nauseaPre-vomiting stomach discomfort
- vomitingExpelling stomach contents orally
- diarrheaFrequent liquid bowel movements
fatigue · weakness · chills · sweats · aches · congestion · cough · soreness · inflammation · pallor
virus
Microscopic infectious agent
- bacteriaNucleus-free single-celled organisms
- contagionDisease spread by contact
- pathogenDisease-causing microorganism
germs · microbe · parasite · fungus · contamination · transmission · incubation · carrier · infectious · contagious
lethargy
Abnormal drowsiness and apathy
- listlessnessAbsence of energy, enthusiasm
- fatigueWeariness from prolonged exertion
- weaknessDeficiency in force
languor · weariness · torpor · sluggishness · unwellness · discomfort · indisposition · exhaustion · run-down · off-color
outbreak
Sudden eruption of trouble
influenza · cholera · typhoid · smallpox · measles · polio · quarantine · endemic · spread · vaccination
- get sickBecome unwell
- sick and tiredThoroughly weary of something
- sick dayPaid absence for illness
- worried sickIntensely anxious to illness
- morning sicknessPregnancy-related nausea
- sick leaveAuthorized absence when unwell
sick, sickness, sickly, sicker, sicked, homesickness, seasickness, carsickness, sickest