What does illness mean countable noun What does it mean not countable

Illness: (1) Illness. (countable).

2) Sick periods (both countable and uncountable).

At this point, it is used in the same way as disease, but in a different meaning:

eg1: (uncountable).

insects

cancause

disease.

Insects can cause disease

eg2: (countable).

aninfectious

Infectious diseases. a

rareplant

disease

Rare plant diseases.

Note: Compare disease and illness

A disease is a specific condition caused by a specific **, which is usually severe and lasts for a long time

Illness is a general word that indicates a physical discomfort, and the condition does not have to be serious).

Uncountable nouns, what about the countable meanings?

hisillness

diminished

hishealth.

Disease eroded his health.

therewas

noillnessinthe

village

thiswinter.

There are no diseases in the village this winter.

herlong

illness

gradually

herstrength.

The long-term illness caused her to gradually lose her physical strength.

toomuch

workand

toolittle

restoften

leadto

illness.

Excessive work and too little rest can cause illness.

we'vehadalot

ofillnessinthe

family.

People in my family have suffered from many diseases.

hewill

pullthrough

hisillness

soon.He will soon be back to health.

hecametothe

meeting

despite

hisillness.

Despite his illness, he came to the meeting.

worryand

illness

hadmade

himprematurely

old.He was preoccupied

Riddled with diseases, he died before he grew old.

No. illness

Pronunciation: English [.]'lnəs]；Beauty [.]'ln s] means: nSickness; Disease.

1. Illness is a compound word composed of ill and the suffix ness, which means "sick, disease", and mostly refers to the state of illness.

2. When illness emphasizes the type of disease, it is used as a countable noun; It is used as an uncountable noun when it expresses an abstract meaning and emphasizes the condition of illness.

3. After illness can refer to "after recovery" or "after illness".

Illness is a countable noun. sickness is an uncountable noun.

illness：

n.(physical or mental) illness, illness; (some) disease; the period of illness;

Plural: illnesses

sickness：

n.Disease. unhealthy; ...Sickness; Disease; Disgusting; Vomit;

Plural: Sicknessesdoctors found it hard to establish the precise nature of her illness

Doctors had difficulty determining her exactly**.

the illness damaged his action man image.

The illness damaged his hard-working man. Image.

many women experience sickness during pregnancy.

Many women experience nausea during pregnancy.

lead in fifty-two years of working he had one week of sickness

In 52 years of work, he has only been sick for a week.

Uncountable, look up the dictionary: indicate [c] is countable, countable; If [u] is uncountable, uncountable.

Hello, I checked the Longman dictionary and the results are as follows.

illness[c,u]

Countable nouns. shehadallthenormalchildhoodillnesses.

The common disease of children's return to Henghui has been affected by him when he was a little Li sock.

Uncountable nouns.

mentalillness.