Definition
an illness: a disease, a sickness, a malady
There is no history of mental illness in my family: we're all healthy.
to be ill to have a disease or sickness
- "Are you quite sure that your illness is related to using one of our products?"
- "He always believed that there was no injury, no illness too serious that it couldn't be treated by a tall glass of "Seamus Dog" Whiskey and a bowl of boiled cabbage."
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