malady

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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.

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

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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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>

Medical Dictionary

malady mal·a·dy (māl'ə-dē)
n.
A disease, disorder, or ailment.

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