Ail and Fever

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

Fever and ail are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Fever" instead a noun "Ail".

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

Ail and fever are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ail" instead a noun "Fever".

Nearby Words: feverish, feverishly, fevered, feverous, fevering
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