sickness: Meaning and Definition of

sick•ness

Pronunciation: (sik'nis), [key]
— n.
  1. a particular disease or malady.
  2. the state or an instance of being sick; illness.
  3. nausea; queasiness.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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