Ailment (Noun)
Meaning
An often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining.
Classification
Nouns denoting natural processes.
Examples
- The doctor diagnosed her long-standing ailment as a rare autoimmune disease that was causing her chronic fatigue.
- After a lifetime of heavy smoking, his lung ailment had progressed to the point where he needed oxygen therapy.
- Her persistent stomach ailment made it difficult for her to keep a regular diet and led to frequent doctor's visits.
- The pain from his chronic back ailment made it impossible for him to continue working as a construction worker.
- As she grew older, her mobility was increasingly limited by a long-standing joint ailment that left her reliant on a cane.