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Meaning of ill health in English

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ill health
noun [ U ]

UK  /ˌɪl ˈhelθ / US  /ˌɪl ˈhelθ /

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illness or a health condition that affects you for a long time:

• He retired at 58 because of ill health.

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(Definition of ill health from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

EXAMPLES of ill health

ill health
Avoiding ill health at open farms - advice to farmers (with teachers' supplement).
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Yet public health policies seeking to minimise dependence resulting from disability and ill health
are contentious.
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A common finding in almost all of the literature is the importance of occupational status in
predicting retirement due to ill health.
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Secondly, the role of research in building a solid evidence base, linking social inequalities to
mental ill health amongst older women, is essential.
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Far from being plagued by ill health, the majority of the sample reported good health, while the
financial situation of the sample is equally instructive.
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These were defined as services needed by some people (including some older people)
because of their continuing mental or physical ill health.
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For the individual, failure to take medication as prescribed may result in ill health, poorer quality
of life, and reduced life expectancy.
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The self-esteem enhancing quality of pension sharing was particularly obvious where
respondents were unable to reciprocate otherwise, mainly because of ill health.
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Unlike those who retire on the grounds of ill health, those who take early retirement are
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The two non-responses arose through the ill health of one client and the death of another.
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Factors preceding the onset of meningococcal disease, with special emphasis on passive
smoking, stressful events, physical fitness, symptoms of ill health.
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The burden of ill health resulting from social inequality is again seen to fall on the poor alone.
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In addition to acute drug-related affects, older drug users experience high morbidity and
mortality from chronic conditions and reportedly greater levels of psychological ill health.
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It is not clear whether this is consequent on the experience of chronic physical ill health.
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A total of 13 people had retired early or were not working because of ill health.
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Translations of ill health

in Chinese (Traditional)

健康狀況差, 生病…
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in Chinese (Simplified)

健康状况差, 生病…
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