mental illness in English

Forms: mental illness [singular], mental illnesses [plural] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{noun|mental illness|mental illnesses}} [POS TABLE]

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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "glosses": [
        "A mental illness is a disease that affects your mind. This might make you do or think strange things. It might make you happy, sad, or afraid all the time."
      ],
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  "word": "mental illness"
}

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      ]
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        "Uncountable nouns"
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        "A mental illness is a disease that affects your mind. This might make you do or think strange things. It might make you happy, sad, or afraid all the time."
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"mental illness" meaning in English

Noun