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mal·a·dy

   [mal-uh-dee]
noun, plural -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.
Origin:
1200–50; Middle English maladie < Old French, equivalent to malade sick (< Late Latin male habitus literally, ill-conditioned; see mal-, habit) + -ie -y3

Can be confused: malady, melody.

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

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malady (ˈmælədɪ)
 
—n , pl -dies
1.  any disease or illness
2.  any unhealthy, morbid, or desperate condition: a malady of the spirit
 
[C13: from Old French, from Vulgar Latin male habitus (unattested) in poor condition, from Latin male badly + habitus, from habēre to have]

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malady
mid-13c., 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). Related: Maladies.
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malady mal·a·dy (māl'ə-dē)
n.
A disease, disorder, or ailment.

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