English-Spanish translations for illness

• enfermedad
  Solo se toleran las enfermedades somáticas. Only somatic illnesses are tolerated.
  La contaminación del aire provoca enfermedades y muertes. Air pollution causes illness and kills.
  Desafortunadamente no puede estar aquí debido a una enfermedad. Unfortunately, she is absent due to illness.

Definition of illness

• An instance of a disease or poor health
• A state of bad health or disease

Examples

• Her grandmother had passed away after a long illness.
• Many working days this year have been lost through illness.

Related words

• stillness
• illness behaviour
• illness {bearing
• mental illness
• glass illness
• children's illness
• fashionable illness
• succumb to illness
• cause of illness