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The phrase "are illnesses" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when defining or categorizing various types of illnesses in a sentence.
Example: "The common cold and flu are illnesses that affect millions of people each year."
Alternatives: "constitute illnesses" or "represent illnesses".
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are illnesses
noun
An instance of a disease or poor health.
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These are illnesses".
Severe eating disorders are illnesses with biological roots, he said — you can't just blame culture.
They need to understand that depression, anxiety, eating disorders, OCD and bipolar are illnesses, not character flaws.
And, there are illnesses like kennel cough which can be avoided by keeping your pet at home".
These are illnesses brought on by poor diet, lack of exercise, smoking, abuse of alcohol and drugs, unsafe sex, social isolation, un-neighbourly neighbourhoods.
"It's a call for a completely different way of thinking about mental health problems, away from the idea that they are illnesses with primarily biological causes".
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But this was illness.
Often, the trigger for poverty is illness.
Illness is illness.
It could be illness.
So is illness, death, job loss, foreclosure, injury.
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