malady
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Noun (2)maladies
- any unwholesome or desperate condition“what maladies afflict our nation?”Type of condition, status
- impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organismSynonyms: illnessunwellnesssicknessType of ill health, unhealthinessKinds disease, collapse, ague, growth, toxemia of pregnancy, food poisoning, catastrophic illness, anuresis, indisposition, decompression sickness +5 more
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
mal′a·dy (măl′ȧ-dy̆), noun; pl. Maladies (măl′wb-a1′>′ȧ·dĭz).
Origin: F. maladie, fr. malade ill, sick, OF. also, malabde, fr. L. male habitus, i. e., ill-kept, not in good condition. See Malice, and Habit.
1. Any disease of the human body; a distemper, disorder, or indisposition, proceeding from impaired, defective, or morbid organic functions; especially, a lingering or deep-seated disorder.
The maladies of the body may prove medicines to the mind.— Joseph Stevens Buckminster
2. A moral or mental defect or disorder.
Love's a malady without a cure.— John Dryden
Synonyms: Disorder; distemper; sickness; ailment; disease; illness. See Disease.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54