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UNWELLNESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism
Synonyms:
illness; malady; sickness; unwellness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("unwellness" is a kind of...):
health problem; ill health; unhealthiness (a state in which you are unable to function normally and without pain)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "unwellness"):
condition (an illness, disease, or other medical problem)
ague (a fit of shivering or shaking)
amyloidosis (a disorder characterized by deposit of amyloid in organs or tissues; often secondary to chronic rheumatoid arthritis or tuberculosis or multiple myeloma)
anuresis; anuria (inability to urinate)
catastrophic illness (severe illness requiring prolonged hospitalization or recovery; usually involves high costs for hospitals and doctors and medicines)
collapse; prostration (an abrupt failure of function or complete physical exhaustion)
aeroembolism; air embolism; bends; caisson disease; decompression sickness; gas embolism (pain resulting from rapid change in pressure)
food poisoning; gastrointestinal disorder (illness caused by poisonous or contaminated food)
lead poisoning; plumbism; saturnism (toxic condition produced by the absorption of excessive lead into the system)
disease (an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning)
hypermotility (excessive movement; especially excessive motility of the gastrointestinal tract)
indisposition (a slight illness)
ozone sickness (illness that can occur to persons exposed to ozone in high-altitude aircraft; characterized by sleepiness and headache and chest pains and itchiness)
toxaemia; toxaemia of pregnancy; toxemia; toxemia of pregnancy (an abnormal condition of pregnancy characterized by hypertension and edema and protein in the urine)
growth ((pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor))
Antonym:
wellness (a healthy state of wellbeing free from disease)
Derivation:
unwell (somewhat ill or prone to illness)
