debilitating illness

collocation in English

meaningsofdebilitatingandillness

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debilitating
adjective
uk
/dɪˈbɪl.ɪ.teɪ.tɪŋ/us
/dɪˈbɪl.ə.teɪ.t̬ɪŋ/
making someone or something ...
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illness
noun
uk
/ˈɪl.nəs/us
/ˈɪl.nəs/
a disease of the body ...
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(Definition ofdebilitatingandillnessfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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As he has said, this is adebilitatingillness.
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The incomplete acute antidepressant effect of current available agents has propelled investigators to search for new drugs to manage thisdebilitatingillness.
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Here the patient is essentially a passive sufferer - afflicted bydebilitatingillnessand dependent on the expertise and goodwill of the physician.
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It occurred after a short butdebilitatingillnesslasting less than four months.
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The surgeons showed me slides of their many patients who suffer from thisdebilitatingillness.
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We were sad that he suffered so long from such adebilitatingillness, which he bore very bravely.
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His reaction todebilitatingillnessreflected his specific experience as a sharecropper, which shaped his belief that owning land would provide security and status for both himself and his family.
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On the verge of international success, was forced to stop due to adebilitatingillness.
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Head faced hisdebilitatingillnesswith a great degree of heroism.
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I am confident that the report will act as a catalyst for improving care and treatment for people with thedebilitatingillness.
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If the insured becomes unwell or suffers adebilitatingillness, the insurer cannot choose to opt out of the contract or to increase the premiums.
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Caring for someone with adebilitatingillnessis often such an onerous task that carers have to give up their own employment.
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But ill health can certainly be measured in death rates and in chronicdebilitatingillness, which renders individuals unfit to work or to lead a normal life.
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I see many who believe that they suffer from myalgic encephalomyelitis or another chronicdebilitatingillnessand who date it back to some incident involving agro-chemicals.
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His courageous fight against his illness was an example to us all in the dignity of life and the confrontation of such a dreadful anddebilitatingillness.
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In 1919, he suffered ptomaine poisoning (an outdated term for food poisoning), which induced adebilitatingillnesslasting six months.
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She continued to paint and sculpt but fought cancer anddebilitatingillnessfor the rest of her life.
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On the other hand, this weight loss could also have been due to hisdebilitatingillnessin 1917.
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He suffered from adebilitatingillnessknown then as manic-depressive illness, but today it is more commonly called bipolar disorder.
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The original use was against normally fatal ordebilitatingillnesssuch as adult encephalitis, keratitis, in immunocompromised (transplant) patients, or disseminated herpes zoster.
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They were plagued by thisdebilitatingillnesswhich culminated in a fevered state, subsequent to which they were bedridden and near death.
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This is most notable in his treatment of his elder daughter, who has adebilitatingillness(which contributes to her bad temper).
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