Collocations with "sickness"
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altitude sickness
a medical condition caused by exposure to low oxygen pressure at high altitudes
radiation sickness
An illness caused by exposure to a large dose of ionizing radiation.
decompression sickness
A medical condition caused by a rapid decrease in surrounding pressure, often affecting divers who ascend too quickly.
suffer from sickness
to be affected by a feeling of nausea or a specific malady.
induce sickness
to cause a feeling of nausea or an illness
morning sickness
Nausea experienced in the morning during early pregnancy.
feign sickness
To pretend to be sick, often to avoid a duty or responsibility.
sleeping sickness
a serious disease, common in Africa, that is a type of trypanosomiasis