Ail
Ail noun - An abnormal state that disrupts a plant's or animal's normal bodily functioning.
Usage example: half of the staff is out sick with the usual wintertime ails
Nearby Word: ailed
Fever
Fever noun - An abnormal state that disrupts a plant's or animal's normal bodily functioning.
Usage example: before the days of modern medicine, when death remained a mystery, people said that someone died of a fever and left it at that
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