illness

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   An instance of a disease or poor health.

   Her grandmother had passed away after a long illness.

2. 2
   noun

   A state of bad health or disease.

   Many working days this year have been lost through illness.

3. 3
   noun

   impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism

Etymology

From ill + -ness.