prolonged illness
collocation in Englishmeaningsofprolongedandillness
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prolonged
adjective
uk/prəˈlɒŋd/us/prəˈlɑːŋd/
continuing for a ...
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illness
noun
uk/ˈɪl.nəs/us/ˈɪl.nəs/
a disease of the body ...
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(Definition ofprolongedandillnessfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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So the main categories of poverty today are due either toprolongedillnessor old age.
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Small employers usually have less sick leave but are harder hit byprolongedillness.
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Soft drugs are indeed highly damaging, and can lead toprolongedillnessand death.
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There have been cases ofprolongedillnessand cases of prolonged absence.
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Prolongedillnessbrought on straitened circumstances.
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His death came after aprolongedillness.
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He died after aprolongedillnesswhile still serving.
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He cited a case where a claimant had been prevented from claim- ing earlier by serious andprolongedillness.
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He may have to assume these duties for a considerable length of time, certainly in the case ofprolongedillness.
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A normal confinement without complications is not regarded as a serious andprolongedillnesscovering entitlement to an emergency grant.
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All of these figures are abnormally high at present owing to theprolongedillnessof one of the consultants last year.
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Servants go on week after week in spite of those diseases, and when the breakdown conies, it is a seriousprolongedillness.
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We could exercise discretion only if the claimant were prevented by very exceptional circumstances, such as serious orprolongedillness, from claiming or appealing earlier.
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However, we can certainly do a great deal to prevent exposures today and so prevent painful andprolongedillnessand death in the future.
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I have no doubt that in the event of aprolongedillnesshe himself would realise the reasonableness of delegating his powers to others.
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After aprolongedillness, she died of related complications at age 71 in 1981.
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Four years later, aged sixty-nine, after aprolongedillness, he died.
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He began writing during aprolongedillnessthat cut short a potential diplomatic career.
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Presumably those applicants who, by virtue of old age orprolongedillness, cannot vote in person will have a postal vote in perpetuity or until they die.
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The landlord, the tradesman, everybody, is considerate to the household in which there has beenprolongedillnesson the part of the wage earner or salary earner.
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I think it right to put on record that invalidity pension will not be restricted to cases of permanent orprolongedillness, as its name might imply.
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During this time, he contracted aprolongedillness, which continued until the end of the summer of 1917.
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It is known that 32 people died of the infection, one of them in 2001 afterprolongedillness.
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For almost more than two months he was suffering fromprolongedillnessand was frequently in and out of hospital.
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He is a mere shadow of himself but that is to be expected after hisprolongedillness.
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