a minor ailment

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• ailment — n. a chronic; common; minor ailment * * * [ eɪlmənt] common minor ailment minor ailment a chronic …   Combinatory dictionary

• ailment — ► NOUN ▪ a minor illness …   English terms dictionary

• minor — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun Minor is used after these nouns: ↑undergraduate {{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}} adj. VERBS ▪ be, seem ADVERB ▪ extremely, fairly …   Collocations dictionary

• ailment — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ common, minor, trivial ▪ chronic, serious ▪ childhood ▪ physical ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• ailment — /ayl meuhnt/, n. a physical disorder or illness, esp. of a minor or chronic nature. [1700 10; AIL + MENT] * * * …   Universalium

• ailment — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. disease, illness, malady. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. disease, illness, sickness, infirmity; see disease . See Synonym Study at disease . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. illness, malady, affliction. see …   English dictionary for students

• ailment — ail|ment [ˈeılmənt] n an illness that is not very serious ▪ minor ailments …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• ailment — noun a minor illness …   English new terms dictionary

• ailment — [ˈeɪlmənt] noun [C] a minor illness …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• ailment — ail•ment [[t]ˈeɪl mənt[/t]] n. pat a physical disorder or illness, esp. of a minor or chronic nature • Etymology: 1700–10 …   From formal English to slang

• ailment — n. an illness, esp. a minor one …   Useful english dictionary