Both Uses of
ailment
in
Unbroken, by Hillenbrand
- Because the POW diet was severely deficient in sodium, leaving many men crippled by muscle cramps and other ailments, the men developed a system for stealing and processing salt.†
p. 284.6ailments = illnesses
- Tuberculosis, malaria, dysentery, malnutrition, anemia, eye ailments, and festering wounds were widespread.†
p. 346.4 *
Definition:
an illness