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illnesslike

adj

Etymology

From illness + -like.

  1. derived from *h₁elḱ-✻
  2. derived from *ilhilaz✻
  3. derived from íllr
  4. inherited from ille
  5. formed as illness — “ill + -ness”
  6. suffixed as illnesslike — “illness + like”

Definitions

  1. Resembling or characteristic of illness.

    • ...the idea that addiction is not simply an issue of will, morality, or crime but an illnesslike compulsion that has distinct physical characteristics.

The neighborhood

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