Dictionary entry

Sickness benefit

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Definition

sickness /'sÇknǝs/ n [U] ၁။ နာဖ်ားမက်န္းျဖစ္ျခင္း။ There's a lot of sickness in the village. ❍ They were absent because of sickness. ၂။ [U, C usu sing ] ေရာဂါ။ (အ)နာ။ sleeping sickness ❍ radiation sickness ❍ altitude sickness ❍ a sickness common in the tropics. ၃။ [U] အန္ခ်င္ ျခင္း။ The sickness passed after I lay down. ❍ The symptoms are fever and sickness. See also MORNING SICKNESS ❏ sickness benefit n [U] ( Brit ) မက်န္းမာသျဖင့္ အလုပ္မဆင္းႏိုင္သူမ်ားအတြက္အစိုးရကေထာက္ပံ့ေငြ။ be entitled to sickness benefit. Compare SICK-PAY

Examples

  1. The team lost because of a combination of injuries and sickness.
  2. Time off work because of sickness is paid at the full rate.
  3. Climbers who suffer badly from altitude sickness
  4. The virus causes stomach pains
  5. sickness
  6. and diarrhoea.