Synonyms and antonyms of Periods of bad health in British Thesaurus

illness (noun)

a particular disease, or a period of being ill

bout (noun)

a short period when you are ill or you feel unhappy

attack (noun)

the beginning or return of an illness, or the period during which you have it

spell (noun)

a time when you suddenly feel ill

relapse (noun)

a period of illness after you had been getting better

flare-up (noun)

an occasion when a disease suddenly returns after you have not had it for some time

episode (noun)

medical a time when someone is affected by an illness or a medical condition

breakout (noun)

a sudden appearance of a disease

turn (noun)

Britishinformal old-fashioned an occasion when you suddenly feel ill or very weak

seizure (noun)

medical a sudden attack of a disease such as epilepsy that makes your body shake. A more informal word for this is a fit