Plural of illness
regular plural
The plural of illness is illnesses.
Forms of illness
| Singular | illness /ˈɪl.nəs/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | illnesses /ˈɪl.nəsɪz/ |
| Countable | countable and uncountable |
Illnesses in a sentence
- This further exacerbated the diagnostic challenge posed by undifferentiated febrile illness during a “twindemic” of both COVID-19 and dengue, as both illnesses could potentially present with febrile syndromes.2022 May 7, Liang En Wee, Edwin Philip Conceicao, Jean Xiang-Ying Sim, May Kyawt Aung, Aung Myat Oo, et al., “Dengue and COVID-19: Managing...
- Some people believe that mental illnesses can't be treated unless the person hits rock bottom first.From the entry rock bottom
- Many people have suffered from colds, the sniffles and other childhood illnesses.From the entry sniffles
- My high blood pressure and high cholesterol are metrogenic illnesses.From the entry metrogenic
- In some countries, it causes more deaths than small firearms, and in others, more than illnesses.2024 July 8, Lotte Knudsen, quotee, “Road crashes: a silent killer”, in Delegation of the European Union to the UN and other international…. From the entry number one
Meaning of illness
- noun An instance (episode) of a disease or poor health.
- noun A state of bad health or disease.
Questions about the plural of illness
- What is the plural of illness?
- The plural of illness is illnesses.
- Is illness countable?
- Illness is a countable and uncountable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: illness (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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