So if one monozygotic twin, for example, develops an ailment that the other escapes, the culprit is probably environmental.
At any rate, the conspiracy of deafness that confronted Dr. Bowie on Sundays resulted in serious consequences for his health: he developed a nervous ailment that diminished his great vocal powers.
Or you may develop an ailment that precludes safe handling of a vehicle.
The first sign of his ailment appeared when he developed a blood clot after he tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee, but doctors assumed it was a complication from surgery.
In the Geffen's world-premiere production of "The Exorcist," Ms. Shields, who recently starred in "The Addams Family" on Broadway, will play Chris MacNeil, an actress whose daughter, Regan, develops a mysterious ailment whose origins turn out to be much darker than science can contemplate.
He developed mysterious stomach ailments and took to his bed, and within weeks of the republic's restoration Machiavelli died, attended by his loving children, his loyal friends, and a priest.
In an interview on Tuesday, Mr. Faulkner's younger sister, Deanna Martin, said he had developed a serious kidney ailment in recent months and needed dialysis every few days.
Her brother Ayzan, 13, has begun to develop an eye ailment.
Ultimately, 130 babies out of 654 in the low-oxygen group died, and 91 babies out of 509 in the high-oxygen group developed an eye ailment that in serious cases can lead to blindness.
For health professionals dealing with overweight patients, this tendency could be called "size profiling": They assume that a person has — or will develop — a particular ailment because he or she is heavy.
When Albert was a toddler, he developed the stomach flu, a common ailment for a young child.
