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–noun, plural -dies.

1.	any disorder or disease of the body, esp. one that is chronic or deepseated.

2.	any undesirable or disordered condition: social maladies; a malady of the spirit.

[Origin: 1200–50; ME maladie < OF, equiv. to malade sick (< LL male habitus lit., ill-conditioned; see mal-, habit) + -ie -y³

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—Synonyms 1. illness, sickness, affliction, complaint, ailment, indisposition.

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mal·a·dy Audio Help (māl'ə-dē) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. mal·a·dies

A disease, a disorder, or an ailment.
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 habēre, to hold; see ghabh- in Indo-European roots.]

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