1
: a bodily disorder or chronic disease
a stomach ailment
2
: unrest, uneasiness
an emotional ailment
Examples of ailment in a Sentence
She suffered from a chronic back ailment.
The doctor treated him for a variety of ailments.
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Summary Celery has been used throughout history as a folk medicine to relieve many ailments.
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Hannah Coakley, Msph, Rdn, Verywell Health, 21 Apr. 2025
That October, Néstor died of a heart ailment, and the next month Bergoglio was called to testify in front of a panel of judges about the abduction, more than thirty years earlier, of the Jesuit priests.
—Graciela Mochkofsky, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2025
Some people take too much pain medication too quickly, misdiagnose an ailment and take the wrong drug, or unknowingly take multiple pain relievers at the same time.
—Andee Tagle, NPR, 18 Apr. 2025
Meanwhile, Curry is 37 and played Sunday with his right thumb wrapped in athletic tape, nursing an ailment that has bugged him all season.
—Evan Webeck, Mercury News, 13 Apr. 2025
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Hannah Coakley, Msph, Rdn, Verywell Health, 21 Apr. 2025
That October, Néstor died of a heart ailment, and the next month Bergoglio was called to testify in front of a panel of judges about the abduction, more than thirty years earlier, of the Jesuit priests.
—Graciela Mochkofsky, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2025
Some people take too much pain medication too quickly, misdiagnose an ailment and take the wrong drug, or unknowingly take multiple pain relievers at the same time.
—Andee Tagle, NPR, 18 Apr. 2025
Meanwhile, Curry is 37 and played Sunday with his right thumb wrapped in athletic tape, nursing an ailment that has bugged him all season.
—Evan Webeck, Mercury News, 13 Apr. 2025
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“Ailment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ailment. Accessed 28 Apr. 2025.
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ailment
noun
ail·ment
ˈā(ə)l-mənt 
: a bodily disorder or chronic disease
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