transcription, транскрипция: [ sɪknəs ]
( sicknesses)
1.
Sickness is the state of being ill or unhealthy.
In fifty-two years of working he had one week of sickness...
There appears to be another outbreak of sickness among seals in the North Sea.
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2.
Sickness is the uncomfortable feeling that you are going to vomit.
After a while, the sickness gradually passed and she struggled to the mirror.
= nausea
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see also morning sickness , travel sickness
3.
A sickness is a particular illness.
...radiation sickness.
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