Noun: sickness sik-nus
- Impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism
"Motion sickness prevented her from enjoying the boat trip";
- illness, unwellness, malady
- The state that precedes vomiting
"The smell of rotten food induced sickness in everyone present";
- nausea
- Defectiveness or unsoundness
"drugs have become a sickness they cannot cure"; "a great sickness of his judgment"
Derived forms: sicknesses
Type of: defectiveness, faultiness, health problem, ill health, symptom, unhealthiness
Antonym: wellness
Encyclopedia: Sickness