illness
noun
[ ˈɪlnəs ]
• a disease or period of sickness affecting the body or mind.
• "he died after a long illness"
Similar:
sickness,
disease,
ailment,
disorder,
complaint,
malady,
affliction,
attack,
infection,
contagion,
disability,
indisposition,
ill health,
poor health,
infirmity,
valetudinarianism,
bug,
virus,
lurgy,
wog,
Opposite:
good health,