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ill health

ill health noun: a state of illness, or bad health.

Noun

ill health (uncountable)

  1. (idiomatic) A state of illness, or bad health.
    • I have to cancel my holidays due to continuing ill health.
    • There are the engines that develop ill-health and begin to lose time, or the wagons that develop hot boxes and have to be removed, initiating delays that steadily pile up—or at worst, the weather lays its hand on the whole District.1962 August, G. Freeman Allen, “Traffic control on the Great Northern Line”, in Modern Railways, page 131/132

ill health meaning in Tamil

ill health in Tamil

சவுக்கியக்குறைவு

Forms of ill health

alternative formill-health

Questions about ill health

What does ill health mean?
Ill health means a state of illness, or bad health.
What is ill health in Tamil?
Ill health in Tamil is சவுக்கியக்குறைவு. See Ill health meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is ill health?
Ill health is a noun.

Words near ill health in the dictionary

  1. ill effect
  2. ill effects
  3. ill fame
  4. ill feeling
  5. ill feelings
  6. ill health
  7. ill humor
  8. ill humors
  9. ill humour
  10. ill humours
  11. ill luck

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