What is another word for sicknesses?

Pronunciation: [sˈɪknəsɪz] (IPA)

Sicknesses are a common problem that people face throughout their lives. However, there are many synonyms for the word "sicknesses" that can be used to describe various medical conditions. Some common synonyms include illnesses, diseases, disorders, ailments, and maladies. Each of these words has a slightly different meaning and can be used to describe specific types of illnesses or medical conditions. For example, an illness may refer to a short-term sickness, while a disease may refer to a chronic or long-term condition. By using synonyms for the word "sicknesses," we can gain a better understanding of the various medical conditions that people may experience and the different ways in which they can be treated.

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What are the hypernyms for Sicknesses?

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Usage examples for Sicknesses

Night is very much upset: already, she complains, Man has captured a third of her mysteries, all her Terrors are afraid and dare not leave the house, her Ghosts have taken flight, the greater part of her sicknesses are ill.
"Life and Writings of Maurice Maeterlinck"
Jethro Bithell
She answered humbly, and named Dr. Anstruther, whom Christian well knew by report; an old man, who for forty years had been the depository of the sicknesses and the sorrows of half Avonsbridge.
"Christian's Mistake"
Dinah Maria Mulock Craik
He was allowed to play both in his rooms and in the garden, had a billiard table, and a case of mechanical birds for his amusement, and when he grieved for his sister's companionship, another little companion of his own age was found to play with him, and it is also known that during his two sicknesses, Simon and his wife cared for him with as much devotion as if he had been their own child.
"Ten Boys from History"
Kate Dickinson Sweetser

Famous quotes with Sicknesses

  • My mother was a good mistress to her servants, taking care of them in their sicknesses, not sparing any cost she was able to bestow for their recovery.
    Margaret Cavendish
  • One sheds one's sicknesses in books - repeats and presents again one's emotions, to be master of them.
    David Herbert Lawrence
  • Three-quarters of the sicknesses of intelligent people come from their intelligence. They need at least a doctor who can understand this sickness.
    Marcel Proust
  • You can be bound by physical things, as I am by certain sicknesses, but nevertheless you can still be free to recognize that all initiatives really come from yourself if you don't depend upon structures of government or structures of any kind.
    George Woodcock
  • At the very beginning of my fevers and sicknesses that cast me down, whilst still entire, and but little, disordered in health, I reconcile myself to Almighty God by the last Christian, offices, and find myself by so doing less oppressed and more easy, and have got, methinks, so much the better of my disease. And I have yet less need of a notary or counsellor than of a physician.
    Michel de Montaigne

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