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illness

 
 
/ˈɪlnəs/ noun

Translation

DISEASE [C] a disease of the body or mind
hastalık
a serious/terminal illness He died at the age of 83 after a long illness.5742112
BEING ILL [U] when you are ill
rahatsızlık
Unfortunately I couldn't go because of illness.5742112
(Definition of illness noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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