opening the way (verb) break the ice: prepare the way
Sinonime: affliction, ailing, ailment, confinement, debilitation, debility, decay, decrepitude, defect, deficiency,
delicacy, delicateness, disease, diseasedness, disorder, failing, fault, feebleness, flimsiness, flu, fragileness, fragility, frailness, frailty, ill health, imperfection, indisposition, malady, malaise, puniness, shortcoming, sickliness, unhealth, unhealthiness, unsoundness, unsubstantiality, unwellness, vulnerability, weakliness,
weakness*