sickness, übersetzung im Collins English Cobuild & Thesaurus Wörterbuch

sickness (sicknesses plural )

1 n-uncount Sickness is the state of being ill or unhealthy.
In fifty-two years of working he had one week of sickness...

2 n-uncount Sickness is the uncomfortable feeling that you are going to vomit. (=nausea)
After a while, the sickness gradually passed and she struggled to the mirror.
→ morning sickness
→ travel sickness

3 n-var A sickness is a particular illness.
...radiation sickness.

morning sickness
Morning sickness is a feeling of sickness that some women have, often in the morning, when they are pregnant. n-uncount

radiation sickness
Radiation sickness is an illness that people get when they are exposed to too much radiation. n-uncount

sickness benefit
Sickness benefit is money that you receive regularly from the government when you are unable to work because of illness.
(BRIT) n-uncount

sleeping sickness
Sleeping sickness is a serious tropical disease which causes great tiredness and often leads to death. n-uncount

travel sickness
If someone has travel sickness, they feel sick as a result of travelling in a vehicle. n-uncount