ill-health

ill-health
Synonyms and related words:
cachexia, cachexy, chronic ill health, debilitation, debility, decrepitude, delicacy, delicate health, enervation, exhaustion, feebleness, fragility, frailty, healthlessness, hypochondria, hypochondriasis, infirmity, invalidism, invalidity, languishing, languishment, morbidity, morbidness, peakedness, poor health, sickliness, unhealthiness, unsoundness, unwholesomeness, valetudinarianism, wasting, weakliness

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