affliction
1. [ noun ] (medicine) a condition of suffering or distress due to ill health
Related terms: ill_health deformity afflict
2. [ noun ] a state of great suffering and distress due to adversity
Related terms: adversity cross afflict
3. [ noun ] a cause of great suffering and distress
Related terms: trouble trial curse attack calvary bane afflict
Similar spelling:   afflict
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