The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Ailment \Ail"ment\, n. Indisposition; morbid affection of the body; -- not applied ordinarily to acute diseases. "Little ailments." --Landsdowne. [1913 Webster]WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
ailment n 1: an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining [syn: ailment, complaint, ill]