illnesslike

adj

illnesslike

adj

Etymology From illness + -like.

1

Resembling or characteristic of illness.

...the idea that addiction is not simply an issue of will, morality, or crime but an illnesslike compulsion that has distinct physical characteristics.1996, Linda A. Mercadante, Victims and sinners: spiritual roots of addiction and recovery:

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