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malady


noun, plural mal·a·dies.

  1. any disorder or disease of the body, especially one that is chronic or deepseated.
  2. any undesirable or disordered condition: social maladies; a malady of the spirit.

noun plural -dies

  1. any disease or illness
  2. any unhealthy, morbid, or desperate conditiona malady of the spirit

n.late 13c., from Old French maladie “sickness, illness, disease” (13c.), from malade “ill” (12c.), from Latin male habitus “doing poorly, feeling sick,” literally “ill-conditioned,” from male “badly” (see mal-) + habitus, past participle of habere “have, hold” (see habit). Related: Maladies. n.

  1. A disease, disorder, or ailment.
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