mysterious illness

collocation in English

meaningsofmysteriousandillness

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mysterious
adjective
uk
/mɪˈstɪə.ri.əs/us
/mɪˈstɪr.i.əs/
strange, not known, or ...
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illness
noun
uk
/ˈɪl.nəs/us
/ˈɪl.nəs/
a disease of the body ...
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(Definition ofmysteriousandillnessfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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He died of amysteriousillness.
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In the game, she is said to have died from amysteriousillnessthree years ago.
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The original died from amysteriousillness, and an experiment to clone her was successful.
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As more livestock started to fall ill, the preacher acquired amysteriousillness.
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Doctors had no idea what was happening: themysteriousillnesswas attacking elderly citizens with hypertension and diabetes history.
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The letter describes how she became sick and succumbed to amysteriousillness, later revealed to be radiation poisoning.
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However, this came under threat, when amysteriousillnessled doctors to suspect he was allergic to alcohol.
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Amysteriousillnessbegins afflicting the members of the expedition; one by one, they fall into a mysterious coma.
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He became weightlifting after a longterm,mysteriousillnessoriginally left him smaller than other kids his age.
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And yet, in the case of the young man, once the cause for the psychological distress was removed, hismysteriousillnessdisappeared.
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Another thing to avoid is sampling any of the food placed on the offering table, as doing this can result inmysteriousillness.
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The town is also suffering from amysteriousillnessfound in the children, apparently due to pollutants being pumped into the sea by a local factory.
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