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malady

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mal·a·dy  (ml-d)
n. pl. mal·a·dies
1. A disease, a disorder, or an ailment.
2. An unwholesome condition: the malady of discontent.

[Middle English maladie, from Old French, from malade, sick, from Latin male habitus, in poor condition : male, badly; see mel-3 in Indo-European roots + habitus, past participle of habre, to hold; see ghabh- in Indo-European roots.]

malady [ˈmælədɪ]
n pl -dies
1. (Medicine / Pathology) any disease or illness
2. any unhealthy, morbid, or desperate condition a malady of the spirit
[from Old French, from Vulgar Latin male habitus (unattested) in poor condition, from Latin male badly + habitus, from habēre to have]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.malady - any unwholesome or desperate condition; "what maladies afflict our nation?"
condition, status - a state at a particular time; "a condition (or state) of disrepair"; "the current status of the arms negotiations"
2.maladymalady - impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism
condition - an illness, disease, or other medical problem; "a heart condition"; "a skin condition"
health problem, ill health, unhealthiness - a state in which you are unable to function normally and without pain
ague - a fit of shivering or shaking
amyloidosis - a disorder characterized by deposit of amyloid in organs or tissues; often secondary to chronic rheumatoid arthritis or tuberculosis or multiple myeloma
anuresis, anuria - inability to urinate
catastrophic illness - severe illness requiring prolonged hospitalization or recovery; usually involves high costs for hospitals and doctors and medicines
collapse, prostration - an abrupt failure of function or complete physical exhaustion; "the commander's prostration demoralized his men"
bends, caisson disease, decompression sickness, gas embolism, aeroembolism, air embolism - pain resulting from rapid change in pressure
food poisoning, gastrointestinal disorder - illness caused by poisonous or contaminated food
lead poisoning, plumbism, saturnism - toxic condition produced by the absorption of excessive lead into the system
disease - an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning
hypermotility - excessive movement; especially excessive motility of the gastrointestinal tract
indisposition - a slight illness
ozone sickness - illness that can occur to persons exposed to ozone in high-altitude aircraft; characterized by sleepiness and headache and chest pains and itchiness
toxaemia, toxaemia of pregnancy, toxemia, toxemia of pregnancy - an abnormal condition of pregnancy characterized by hypertension and edema and protein in the urine
growth - (pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor)

malady
noun disease, complaint, illness, disorder, sickness, ailment, affliction, infirmity, ill, indisposition, lurgy (informal) He was stricken at twenty-one with a crippling malady.
Translations
malady [ˈmælədɪ] Nmal m, enfermedad f

malady
nLeiden nt, → Krankheit f; social maladygesellschaftliches Übel

malady [ˈmælədɪ] n (old) → male m, malattia
malady [ˈmælədɪ] n (old) → male m, malattia

malady
n malady [ˈmӕlədi]
an illness or disease He is suffering from some strange malady. siekte مَرَض болест nemoc sygdom die Krankheit ασθένεια enfermedad haigus بیماری sairaus maladie מַחֲלָה रोग bolest betegség penyakit sjúkdómur, veikindi malattia 病気 질병 negalavimas, liga slimība; liga; ļaunums penyakit ziekte sykdom, syndrom przypadłość, dolegliwość doença maladie, boală болезнь nemoc; neduh bolezen bolest sjukdom โรค hastalık 疾病 хвороба; недуга روگ، مرض chứng bệnh


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