Sickness

(sik’-nes) [AS., seoc, sick]. I. The state of being unwell. 2. Nausea. S., African Sleeping. See African Lethargy. S., Falling, epilepsy. S., Green, chlorosis. S., Monthly, the menstrual epoch. S., Mountain-, a sensation of nausea, with impeded respiration and irregular heart’s action, due to the rarefied air of high altitudes. 578