1
: a bodily disorder or chronic disease
a stomach ailment
2
: unrest, uneasiness
an emotional ailment
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Examples of ailment in a Sentence
She suffered from a chronic back ailment.
The doctor treated him for a variety of ailments.
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What Ails You Between 1920 and the 1960s, tens of thousands of people received treatment with a Spectro-Chrome to address various ailments.
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JSTOR Daily, 24 June 2024
His attorney, former federal Judge Kevin Sharp, has been working on the case pro bono for the past four and a half years, and talks about the ailments afflicting the elderly Indigenous man.
—Arlyssa D. Becenti, The Arizona Republic, 19 June 2024
Their physical frailty as older adults also jeopardizes their chances of recovering from a suicide attempt.
Diseases and other ailments such as hearing loss can also worsen mental health as men age.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 15 June 2024
Notably, the person had underlying medical conditions and had been bedridden for three weeks for other ailments before the new symptoms appeared, family members told health officials.
—Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2024
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JSTOR Daily, 24 June 2024
His attorney, former federal Judge Kevin Sharp, has been working on the case pro bono for the past four and a half years, and talks about the ailments afflicting the elderly Indigenous man.
—Arlyssa D. Becenti, The Arizona Republic, 19 June 2024
Their physical frailty as older adults also jeopardizes their chances of recovering from a suicide attempt.
Diseases and other ailments such as hearing loss can also worsen mental health as men age.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 15 June 2024
Notably, the person had underlying medical conditions and had been bedridden for three weeks for other ailments before the new symptoms appeared, family members told health officials.
—Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2024
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“Ailment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ailment. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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ailment
noun
ail·ment
ˈā(ə)l-mənt 
: a bodily disorder or chronic disease
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