Topic: ILLNESS AND DISABILITY
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sick‧ness
1 [uncountable] the state of being ill [= illness]: an insurance policy against long-term sickness and injury working days lost due to sickness
an insurance policy against long-term sickness and injuryworking days lost due to sickness2 [uncountable] the feeling that you are about to bring up food from your stomach, or the act of bringing food up [= nausea]Liam had suffered violent sickness and diarrhoea. ➔ morning sickness, sleeping sickness
travel/motion/car/sea etc sickness (=sickness that some people get while travelling)
Liam had suffered violent sickness and diarrhoea.3 [countable] a particular illness : war-related sicknesses
war-related sicknesses4 [uncountable and countable] the serious problems and weaknesses of a social, political, or economic system : He said the idea of 'success' was part of the sickness of Western cultures.
He said the idea of 'success' was part of the sickness of Western cultures.