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  1. ILL HEALTH definition: 1. illness or a health condition that affects you for a long time: 2. illness or a health…. Learn more.

  2. noun. ˌil-ˈhelth. : a condition of inferior health in which some disease or impairment of function is present but is usually not as serious in terms of curtailing activity as an illness. elderly parents who are in ill-health and need their financial and personal help E. C. Gottschalk, Jr.

  3. 2 days ago · a state in which you are unable to function normally and without pain

  4. Illness has a wider range of uses and is found in more general contexts. ill health (rather formal) the state of being physically ill or having lots of health problems: She resigned because of ill health. Ill health often lasts a long period of time. trouble illness or pain: heart trouble. When trouble is used with this meaning, it is necessary ...

  5. If someone suffers from ill health, they are chronically unwell or keep being ill..... Click for English pronunciations, examples sentences, video.

  6. 1. An interruption, cessation, or disorder of body functions, systems, or organs. Synonym (s): illness, morbus, sickness. 2. A morbid entity characterized usually by at least two of these criteria: recognized etiologic agent (s), identifiable group of signs and symptoms, or consistent anatomic alterations. See also: syndrome.

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  8. The earliest known use of the noun ill health is in the late 1600s. OED's earliest evidence for ill health is from 1698, in a letter by John Locke, philosopher. is formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: ill adj.

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