- intermittent
High level of cholestrol has become an intermittent health concern for him.


- bout
A severe bout of cholera spread in the areas effected by the flooding.


- edict
The government edicted the people to remain in their house during the curfew hours.

- pernicious
Living in an unhygenic area can be very pernicious to health.

- yearn
She has through out her life yearned for a house of her own.

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