severe+illness

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• severe illness — An illness which permanently or materially impairs, or is likely to impair permanently or materially, the health or constitution. Anno: 153 ALR 717; 29 Am J Rev ed Ins § 745 …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• Illness — (sometimes referred to as ill health or ail) can be defined as a state of poor health. It is sometimes considered a synonym for disease. [DorlandsDict|four/000052397|illness] Others maintain that fine distinctions exist.cite journal |author=Emson …   Wikipedia

• Illness — Ill ness, n. [From {Ill}.] 1. The condition of being ill, evil, or bad; badness; unfavorableness. [Obs.] The illness of the weather. Locke. [1913 Webster] 2. Disease; indisposition; malady; disorder of health; sickness; as, a short or a severe… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• illness — Sickness; disease. For some purposes inclusive of both severe and slight attacks, even attacks of a less grave and serious character than a disease. Connecticut Mut. Life Ins. Co. v Union Trust Co. 112 US 250, 259, 28 L Ed 708, 712, 5 S Ct 119.… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• severe — severely, adv. severeness, n. /seuh vear /, adj., severer, severest. 1. harsh; unnecessarily extreme: severe criticism; severe laws. 2. serious or stern in manner or appearance: a severe face. 3. grave; critical: a severe illness. 4. rigidly… …   Universalium

• severe — /səˈvɪə / (say suh vear) adjective (severer, severest) 1. harsh; harshly extreme: severe criticism; severe laws. 2. serious; stern: a severe face. 3. grave: a severe illness. 4. rigidly restrained in style or taste; simple; plain. 5. causing… …  

• severe — se•vere [[t]səˈvɪər[/t]] adj. ver•er, ver•est 1) harsh; unnecessarily extreme: severe criticism[/ex] 2) serious or stern in manner or appearance 3) grave; critical: a severe illness[/ex] 4) rigidly restrained in style, taste, etc.; plain; austere …   From formal English to slang

• severe disease — A disease causing a severe illness. Anno: 153 ALR 717. A disease which permanently or materially impairs, or is likely to impair permanently or materially, the health or constitution. 29 Am J Rev ed Ins § 745 …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• severe acute respiratory syndrome — n SARS * * * (SARS) an infectious respiratory illness caused by a coronavirus and characterized by fever, dry cough, and breathing difficulties, often accompanied by headache and body aches …   Medical dictionary

• Severe acute respiratory syndrome — SARS redirects here. For other uses, see SARS (disambiguation). Further information: Progress of the SARS outbreak Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Classification and external resources SARS coronavirus (SARS CoV) is causative of the syndrome …   Wikipedia

• illness — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ deadly, fatal, incurable, terminal ▪ catastrophic (AmE, law), critical, dangerous, debilitating, devastating …   Collocations dictionary