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mal⋅a⋅dy

  [mal-uh-dee]
–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.
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Origin:
1200–50; ME maladie < OF, equiv. to malade sick (< LL male habitus lit., ill-conditioned; see mal-, habit ) + -ie -y 3

Synonyms:
1. illness, sickness, affliction, complaint, ailment, indisposition.
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mal·a·dy   (māl'ə-dē)   
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 habēre, to hold; see ghabh- in Indo-European roots.]
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Word Origin & History

malady 
c.1250, from O.Fr. maladie "sickness, illness, disease," from malade "ill," from L. male habitus "doing poorly, feeling sick," lit. "ill-conditioned," from male "badly" (see mal-) + habitus, pp. of habere "have, hold" (see habit).
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: mal·a·dy
Pronunciation: 'mal-&d-E
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -dies
: DISEASE, SICKNESS malady>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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malady mal·a·dy (māl'ə-dē)
n.
A disease, disorder, or ailment.

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