sickness+of+the+stomach

  • 1Butterflies in the stomach — is a medical condition characterized by the physical sensation of a fluttery or tickling (hence butterflies) feeling in the stomach. This sensation can be a physical sensation related to the body s fight or flight response or it can be an… …

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  • 2Sickness — Sick ness, n. [AS. se[ o]cness.] 1. The quality or state of being sick or diseased; illness; sisease or malady. [1913 Webster] I do lament the sickness of the king. Shak. [1913 Webster] Trust not too much your now resistless charms; Those, age or …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 3SICKNESS — HEALTH STATUS Introduction There are several available yardsticks for measuring intergroup differences in health status: (1) lifetime longevity, i.e., average expectation of life in years (calculated at birth or other selected points in the age… …

    Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • 4sickness — noun 1 (U) the state of being ill; illness: an insurance policy against long term sickness and injury | working days lost due to sickness 2 (U) the feeling that you are about to bring up food from your stomach; nausea: A wave of sickness came… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 5sickness — noun a) The quality or state of being sick or diseased; illness; disease or malady. I do lament the sickness of the king. b) Nausea; qualmishness; as, sickness of stomach. Trust not too much your now resistless charms; Those, age or sickness soon …

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  • 6sickness */*/ — UK [ˈsɪknəs] / US noun Word forms sickness : singular sickness plural sicknesses 1) a) [uncountable] a condition in which you have an illness The team lost because of a combination of injuries and sickness. Time off work because of sickness is… …

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  • 7sickness — sick|ness [ sıknəs ] noun ** 1. ) uncount a condition in which you have an illness: The team lost because of a combination of injuries and sickness. Time off work because of sickness is paid at the full rate. a ) count a particular illness:… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 8sickness — sick|ness [ˈsıknıs] n 1.) [U] the state of being ill = ↑illness ▪ an insurance policy against long term sickness and injury ▪ working days lost due to sickness 2.) [U] the feeling that you are about to bring up food from your stomach, or the act… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 9Sickness and Wealth — Infobox Only Fools and Horses episode name = Sickness and Wealth Series = 6 writer = John Sullivan director = Tony Dow producer = Gareth Gwenlan Duration = 50 minutes Airdate = 5 February 1989 Audience = 18.2 million Cast = Sickness and Wealth is …

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  • 10sickness — [ˈsɪknəs] noun 1) [U] a condition in which you have an illness 2) [C] a particular illness 3) [U] the feeling that you are going to bring up food from your stomach, or the act of doing this …

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