foreignillness
nounUK /ˈfɒrən ˈɪlnəs/
US /ˈfɔːrən ˈɪlnəs/
A sickness you get from a faraway place.
After the trip, he came home with a foreignillness and had to rest.
RELATED WORDS
OTHER MEANINGS
2. A feeling of being unwell because you are in a new country.
The strange food gave her a touch of foreignillness.
3. A problem brought in from outside a group or place.
The team caught a foreignillness of bad habits from the visitors.
4. A sickness that spreads from one country to another.
Doctors watched the foreignillness cross the border.