[ US /ˈeɪɫmənt/ ]
[ UK /ˈe‍ɪlmənt/ ]
NOUN
  1. an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining
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How To Use ailment In A Sentence

  • But researchers have had mixed success in recreating the original experiments showing both that sirtuins can extend life, and that they can be "activated" by a substance called resveratrol, which is currently found in anti-aging creams and under investigation for ailments associated with old age. Reuters: Press Release
  • Dually, other irrelevant entailments are those that turn out to be valid just because the consequent is a necessary truth Impossible Worlds
  • It had been a cold wet summer; he was 'feart' the owners would think he might have taken more care of some of the animals, especially of the young horses, and he mentioned certain ailments springing from damp and exposure for which he might be held responsible. The History of David Grieve
  • The ailment is physical, but the reason for the ailment is legal. The Volokh Conspiracy » “Down the Memory Hole” Speech Restrictions, Supported by the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC)
  • Patients with diabetes can develop other ailments such as heart or kidney disease.
  • The pulp of Baobab fruits has a taste like the cream of tartar and is used to treat fever, dysentery and stomach ailments in some parts of Asia.
  • You medicalise trivial ailments and, worse, bore others with them. Times, Sunday Times
  • September 11 th has brought mostly unpleasant changes, including curtailment of civil liberties and threatened perpetual war.
  • But when you are undergoing a small procedure in hospital for a minor ailment, the experience can be quite pleasant. Times, Sunday Times
  • The legislation would require corporate health plans to treat mental illnesses the same as physical ailments.
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