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"illness" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often sickness (8 letters).
Definitions
impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism
Word origin
From ill + -ness.
Used in a sentence
“Her grandmother had passed away after a long illness.”
“suffer form a severe illness”
“a mild illness”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Sickness”7 letters
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