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Webster 1913 Edition


Ailment

Ail′ment

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Noun.
Indisposition; morbid affection of the body; – not applied ordinarily to acute diseases.
“Little ailments.”
Landsdowne.

Webster 1828 Edition


Ailment

A'ILMENT

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Noun.
Disease; indisposition; morbid affection of the body; but the word is not applied ordinarily to acute diseases.