"unwellness" | Definition and Related Words

unwellness

Noun

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, sickness

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