Ma'anar ƙamus na kalmar "halin cuta" yana nufin wani yanayi ko yanayin jiki ko tunani wanda ake ɗaukarsa maras al'ada, cuta, ko alamar cuta ko rashin lafiya. Yana iya komawa ga yanayin kiwon lafiya da yawa ko na tunani, kamar cututtuka, ciwon daji, cututtukan jijiyoyin jiki, cututtukan hankali, da ƙari. Halin cututtukan cututtuka yawanci yana da alamun bayyanar cututtuka ko alamun da ba su cikin mutane masu lafiya kuma suna iya buƙatar taimakon likita don ragewa ko sarrafa.