AILMENT

A'ILMENT, noun Disease; indisposition; morbid affection of the body; but the word is not applied ordinarily to acute diseases.

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ailment. Ailment, n. illness, disease

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Ail″ment (�), n. Indisposition; morbid affection of the body; — not applied ordinarily to acute diseases. “Little ailments.” Landsdowne.