as in disease
an abnormal state that disrupts a plant's or animal's normal bodily functioning
a doctor known for successfully treating patients with chronic back ailments
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Recent Examples of ailment
After a backlash, Kennedy has also pivoted to spending more time talking about less controversial topics like healthy eating — albeit with his own spin, including sharing exaggerated claims that various ailments can be cured by diet alone.
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ABC News, 22 Apr. 2026
Nine games nursing ailments related to a night in Orlando on March 21 when Magic big man Goga Bitadze fell on top of Smart.
—Benjamin Royer, Oc Register, 22 Apr. 2026
The building assumed that role beginning in 1896, treating kids suffering from ailments such as typhoid, diphtheria, and scarlet fever.
—Adam Harrington, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2026
Homeopathic patients not only survived but also reported dramatic recoveries from chronic ailments and acute infections alike.
—Phil Starks, The Conversation, 21 Apr. 2026
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ABC News, 22 Apr. 2026
Nine games nursing ailments related to a night in Orlando on March 21 when Magic big man Goga Bitadze fell on top of Smart.
—Benjamin Royer, Oc Register, 22 Apr. 2026
The building assumed that role beginning in 1896, treating kids suffering from ailments such as typhoid, diphtheria, and scarlet fever.
—Adam Harrington, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2026
Homeopathic patients not only survived but also reported dramatic recoveries from chronic ailments and acute infections alike.
—Phil Starks, The Conversation, 21 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ailment
Noun
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The proposal would burden doctors with giving parents a highly detailed consent statement to be prepared by boards of medicine and osteopathic medicine, and forbid health authorities to order vaccinations during outbreaks of familiar or new deadly diseases.—
Orlando Sentinel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
29 Apr. 2026
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Overall, about half of children with the disease are infected during birth, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia said, while others caught it from family members.—
Cara Lynn Shultz,
PEOPLE,
29 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Gauff battled an apparent illness during the Madrid Open, even taking a medical timeout in the Round of 32 over the weekend.—
Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
30 Apr. 2026
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Symptoms of vitamin D deficiency can include fatigue, muscle weakness, frequent illness and low mood.—
Allison Palmer,
Kansas City Star,
30 Apr. 2026
Noun
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And this one guy at this one firm can't solve all of his industry's ills.—
Sam Yellowhorse Kesler,
NPR,
8 Apr. 2026
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Even as professional coders are becoming increasingly enthusiastic about the power of AI coding tools, many end users still see them as a boogeyman to instantly blame for any and all observed ills in the tech industry.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
7 Apr. 2026
Noun
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But through it all, Hall discovered football, and his condition wasn't going to keep him from the game that would define his life.—
Jackson Thompson OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
30 Apr. 2026
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Gold prices are driven by inflation expectations, central bank policy, global economic conditions and investor demand.—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2026
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Levi’s World Cup fever is heating up.—
Angela Velasquez,
Footwear News,
24 Apr. 2026
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And Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis (2022) dropped its kitschy, hip-swiveling subject into a delirious fever dream that at the very least made its messy screenplay interesting.—
Keith Murphy,
VIBE.com,
24 Apr. 2026
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The bill would repeal a law that now denies absentee ballots to any voter who cannot attest to being unable to vote in person due to sickness, disability, absence, military service, religious conflicts or being an elections worker.—
Mark Pazniokas,
Hartford Courant,
24 Apr. 2026
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Fears of sickness, of strange lumps and unexplained bleeding.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
PEOPLE,
22 Apr. 2026
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“Ailment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ailment. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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