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The phrase "assortment of ailments" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing a variety of different health issues or medical conditions that someone may be experiencing.
Example: "After visiting the doctor, I learned that I had an assortment of ailments that needed to be treated."
Alternatives: "variety of illnesses" or "range of conditions".
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Ms. Gates, 49, already suffered from an assortment of ailments — diabetes, hypertension, osteoarthritis, depression, anxiety and a herniated disc — that required eight medicines a day.
Last season he missed 19 regular-season games, 12 of them because of an assortment of ailments: ankle and groin injuries, back spasms, an upper respiratory infection.
"It's kind of the family looking after each other," said Mike Seawright, a field coordinator for Doctors Without Borders, whose medical workers treated arriving Syrians for an assortment of ailments like dehydration and diarrhea, but not war wounds.
Veteran defenseman Milan Jurcina, a 6-4 stalwart in his team's end who played only 46 games last season because of an assortment of ailments, is sidelined with a groin strain suffered in the Islanders' 2-0 loss in Calgary on Tuesday.
Glavine, Mike Piazza and Kazuo Matsui were already out with an unusual assortment of ailments, so it only figured that the talented but delicate Reyes would also be added to the expanding injury list, with a malady no one seems able to diagnose.
We are hurting, and the dysfunctional state of affairs that has paralyzed our ability to project the strength and determination of a free society dedicated to opportunity for all is reflected in an assortment of ailments that weaken not only us but other nations as well.
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He is 74, and suffers from a variety of ailments.
Pierce has not been this deep into the United States Open since 2000: the year she won the French Open and the year her robust frame began to break down with an assortment of injuries and ailments.
Their list of ailments is long.
"He has a host of ailments," she said.
"We're a family of ailments and pain," Laroche says.
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