1
: a bodily disorder or chronic disease
a stomach ailment
2
: unrest, uneasiness
an emotional ailment
Examples of ailment in a Sentence
She suffered from a chronic back ailment.
The doctor treated him for a variety of ailments.
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Mira Miller, Verywell Health, 18 Sep. 2025
Should that ailment get worse, or even be hit during Week 3, the longstanding durable signal caller could be in some trouble.
—James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
But reports also indicate this hasn’t been the only health issue Queen Camilla has had, and that the Palace has striven to hide the Queen’s ailments for a while.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 16 Sep. 2025
The ailments haven’t stopped Toronto from building a formidable lead in the division, but the list can’t get larger.
—Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
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“Ailment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ailment. Accessed 23 Sep. 2025.
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ailment
noun
ail·ment
ˈā(ə)l-mənt 
: a bodily disorder or chronic disease
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