sickness

1. Impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism (synset 114085287)
   is a type of: health problem, ill health, unhealthiness - a state in which you are unable to function normally and without pain
   subtypes:

   • condition - an illness, disease, or other medical problem
   • ague - a fit of shivering or shaking
   • amyloidosis - a disorder characterized by deposit of amyloid in organs or tissues; often secondary to chronic rheumatoid arthritis or tuberculosis or multiple myeloma
   • anuresis, anuria - inability to urinate
   • catastrophic illness - severe illness requiring prolonged hospitalization or recovery; usually involves high costs for hospitals and doctors and medicines
   • collapse, prostration - an abrupt failure of function or complete physical exhaustion
   • aeroembolism, air embolism, bends, caisson disease, decompression sickness, gas embolism - pain resulting from rapid change in pressure
   • food poisoning, gastrointestinal disorder - illness caused by poisonous or contaminated food
   • lead poisoning, plumbism, saturnism - toxic condition produced by the absorption of excessive lead into the system
   • disease - an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning
   • hypermotility - excessive movement; especially excessive motility of the gastrointestinal tract
   • indisposition - a slight illness
   • ozone sickness - illness that can occur to persons exposed to ozone in high-altitude aircraft; characterized by sleepiness and headache and chest pains and itchiness
   • toxaemia, toxaemia of pregnancy, toxemia, toxemia of pregnancy - an abnormal condition of pregnancy characterized by hypertension and edema and protein in the urine
   • growth - (pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor)
   same as: illness, malady, unwellness
2. Defectiveness or unsoundness (synset 114496638)
   "drugs have become a sickness they cannot cure"; "a great sickness of his judgment"
   is a type of: defectiveness, faultiness - the state of being defective
3. The state that precedes vomiting (synset 114383357)
   is a type of: symptom - (medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease
   subtypes:

   • kinetosis, motion sickness - the state of being dizzy or nauseated because of the motions that occur while traveling in or on a moving vehicle
   • morning sickness - nausea early in the day; a characteristic symptom in the early months of pregnancy
   • qualm, queasiness, squeamishness - a mild state of nausea
   same as: nausea

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