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sickness

sik nuhs

  • n  impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism
  • n  defectiveness or unsoundness
    drugs have become a sickness they cannot cure
    a great sickness of his judgment
  • n  the state that precedes vomiting

  • There's another kind of dope sickness, however: the disease that is addiction itself.
  • The strange wave of "sickness" among pilots that has forced Eastern Air Lines to cancel 90% of its nights was spreading to other lines last week.
  • From England was reported a sharp increase in the number of cases of the new sleeping sickness (Encephalitis lethargica).
News & Articles

  • Mass hysteria outbreaks hit Bangladesh's garment workers
    Doctors say 'mass psychogenic illness' – not contaminated water – is to blame for recent outbreaks of sickness. Garment workers are fearful of workplace safety after a year of deadly accidents. 
    June 17, 2013 - The Christian Science Monitor
  • Cutting Food Stamps Will Cost Everyone
    The House opens debate Tuesday on a farm bill that would include unprecedented cuts to food assistance. With less money for quality food, though, comes more obesity, more sickness, and more overall cost.        
    June 17, 2013 - The Atlantic
  • POLICE BLOTTER: June 18
    Princeton Michael Malyszek, 18, of Rocky Hill, was arrested Sunday and charged with possessing prescription drugs without being prescribed by a licensed practitioner, being a minor consuming alcohol, use of a prescription drug for a purpose other than treatment or sickness and hindering apprehension.
    June 17, 2013 - The Princeton Packet
Quotes

  • William Shatner in SyFyPortal
    There is such a sickness there,Shatner said of Takei. "It's so patently obvious that there is a psychosis there. I don't know what his original thing about me was. I have no idea."
  • Nelson Mandela in International Herald Tribune
    Where there is poverty and sickness including AIDS, where human beings are being oppressed, there is more work to be done,Mandela said. "Our work is for freedom for all. We say tonight after nearly 90 years of life, it is time for new...
  • Lee Westwood in Globe and Mail
    I've gone from frustration to sickness now,Westwood said then.

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