minor ailment

collocation in English

meaningsofminorandailment

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minor
adjective
uk
/ˈmaɪ.nər/us
/ˈmaɪ.nɚ/
having little importance, influence, or effect, especially when compared with other things of the ...
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ailment
noun[C]
uk
/ˈeɪl.mənt/us
/ˈeɪl.mənt/
an ...
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(Definition ofminorandailmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofminor ailment

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Twelve of the interviewees volunteered during recruitment that their consultation that day was related to a perceivedminorailmentepisode.
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Almost 40% of interviewees (93/240) indicated that they were consulting about aminorailment.
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In contrast to previous work, patients placed their own interpretation on the termminorailment.
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This included both questions specific to their most recentminorailmentepisode and general questions.
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Although the prevalence of patient perceivedminorailmentconsultations was high, in reality, it may have been higher.
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Minorailmentconsultations place during the study period.
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Their perceptions have been placed exclusively, explicitly and overtly in theminorailmentcontext, using their own interpretation of the term.
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Clearly, from a patient perspective making aminorailmentconsultation is a rational and evaluated decision.
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They both perceived the consultation to be for aminorailmentthat could not be managed alone.
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For others, although deep down they considered that they were experiencing aminorailment, an underlying doubt existed.
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For most interviewees aminorailmentappeared to be synonymous with a condition that they felt able to self-manage.
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First, whether they viewed the condition to be aminorailmentand secondly, whether the patient could have managed the illness episode alone.
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For some ailments there was no doubt in the interviewee's mind that they were experiencing aminorailmentat the point of the consultation.
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Patients were initially asked if they had experienced any illness in the previous two weeks that they, in their own opinion, considered to be aminorailment.
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Although a condition that could be self-managed was considered aminorailment; aminorailmentwas not necessarily synonymous with a condition that could be handled alone.
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It will be the minor treatment that it is proper to give on the spot for aminorailment.
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I take four forms of medication a day for aminorailment.
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It seems most unsatisfactory that a person who has a minor injury or aminorailmentshould be referred to his private doctor.
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It would be a far better scheme for anybody with aminorailmentof that sort to be able to receive proper medical advice and treatment.
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