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sickness

 
/ˈsɪknəs/ noun

Translation

ILL [U] when you are ill
hastalık, rahatsızlık
She's had three weeks off for sickness this year.574
VOMIT [U] when the food or drink in your stomach come up through your mouth, or a feeling that this might happen
bulantı, kusma
morning/travel sickness 574579
ILLNESS [C, U] a particular illness
hastalık; belli bir rahatsızlık
radiation sickness574
(Definition of sickness noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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