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illness
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decompression sickness, illness
a disorder characterized by severe pain in muscles and joints, cramp, and difficulty in breathing, caused by a sudden and sustained decrease in air pressure, resulting in the deposition of nitrogen bubbles in the tissues
illness [′il·nəs]
(medicine)
The state of being sick.
A sickness, disease, or disorder.
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This group of men had developed their own understandings, and as such their dual diagnosis can be likened to a folk illness [5], where these beliefs become embedded in the order of how individuals manage and perceive their illness.
Two for the price of one: life with a dual diagnosis of HIV and cancer by Dodds, Nigel / HIV Nursing
Culture and clinical care: Folk illness beliefs and their implications for health care delivery.
Use and implications of ethnomedical health care approaches among ... by Murguia, Alejandro; Peterson, Rolf A.; Zea, Maria Cecilia / Health and Social Work
The survey found that elderly Latinos were likely to mention the role of heredity and diet as the causes of diabetes, but the survey also found they are more likely than non-Latino whites to cite the role of emotional factors, such as ``susto,'' a Latino folk illness involving strong emotional shock, and ``nervios,'' or emotional upset, and stress as causative factors for diabetes.
OLDER LATINOS AT HIGHER RISK FOR DIABETES by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
 
 
 
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