Synonym: complaint, ill. Similar words: commencement, amendment, entertainment, sentiment, moment, comment, mentor, mention. Meaning: ['eɪlmənt] 
n. an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining.
n. an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining. 61. An hour of scribbling notes and two days of working on a laptop computer have inflamed my repetitive stress injury, an ailment common among journalists—and musicians.
62. Dr. Linus Pauling, winner of two Nobel prizes, states, "You can trace every sickness, every disease, and every ailment to a mineral deficiency."
More similar words: commencement, amendment, entertainment, sentiment, moment, comment, mentor, mention, payment, mentally, element, segment, momentum, document, fragment, monument, movement, comment on, basement, in a moment, equipment, implement, apartment, placement, statement, tournament, experiment, treatment, settlement, excitement.