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sickness

[sik-nis] / ˈsɪk nɪs /


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One version of the molecule helped treat morning sickness in pregnant women, while its mirror image caused serious birth defects.

From Science Daily

At 35 weeks, she complained to midwives about abdominal pains and sickness but was told to stay at home and take paracetamol.

From BBC

By the end of the week I had worked myself into such a sickness of body and spirit that Mr. Moorman stopped at my bench to ask if something were wrong.

From Literature

He only knew that demons hate all living things, and sometimes escape from the Otherworld, rising out of the ground to cause sickness and havoc.

From Literature

Those triumphs were not exactly foregone conclusions given the travel sickness Howe's team previously suffered with.

From BBC