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Malady Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Malady? [n] impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism [n] any unwholesome or desperate condition; "what maladies afflict our nation?" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Malady: illness \| sickness \| unwellness Related Terms \| Find terms related to Malady: abnormality \| acute disease \| affection \| affliction \| ailment \| allergic disease \| allergy \| atrophy \| bacterial disease \| birth defect \| blight \| cardiovascular disease \| chronic disease \| circulatory disease \| complaint \| complication \| condition \| congenital defect \| defect \| deficiency disease \| deformity \| degenerative disease \| disability \| disease \| disorder \| distemper \| endemic \| endemic disease \| endocrine disease \| epidemic disease \| functional disease \| fungus disease \| gastrointestinal disease \| genetic disease \| handicap \| hereditary disease \| iatrogenic disease \| ill \| illness \| indisposition \| infectious disease \| infirmity \| malaise \| morbidity \| morbus \| muscular disease \| neurological disease \| nutritional disease \| occupational disease \| organic disease \| pandemic disease \| pathological condition \| pathology \| plant disease \| protozoan disease \| psychosomatic disease \| respiratory disease \| rockiness \| secondary disease \| seediness \| sickishness \| sickness \| signs \| symptomatology \| symptomology \| symptoms \| syndrome \| the pip \| urogenital disease \| virus disease \| wasting disease \| worm disease See Also \| aeroembolism \| ague \| air embolism \| amyloidosis \| anuresis \| anuria \| bends \| caisson disease \| catastrophic illness \| collapse \| condition \| decompression sickness \| disease \| food poisoning \| gas embolism \| gastrointestinal disorder \| growth \| health problem \| hypermotility \| ill health \| indisposition \| lead poisoning \| ozone sickness \| plumbism \| saturnism \| status \| toxaemia \| toxaemia of pregnancy \| toxemia \| toxemia of pregnancy \| unhealthiness Malady In Webster's Dictionary \Mal"a*dy\, n.; pl. {Maladies}. [F. maladie, fr. malade ill, sick, OF. also, malabde, fr. L. male habitus, i. e., ill-kept, not in good condition. See {Malice}, and {Habit}.] 1. Any disease of the human body; a distemper, disorder, or indisposition, proceeding from impaired, defective, or morbid organic functions; especially, a lingering or deep-seated disorder. The maladies of the body may prove medicines to the mind. --Buckminster. 2. A moral or mental defect or disorder. Love's a malady without a cure. --Dryden. Syn: Disorder; distemper; sickness; ailment; disease; illness. See {Disease}.

Malady Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Malady?

[n] impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism
[n] any unwholesome or desperate condition; "what maladies afflict our nation?"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Malady: illness | sickness | unwellness

Malady In Webster's Dictionary

\Mal"a*dy\, n.; pl. {Maladies}. [F. maladie, fr. malade
ill, sick, OF. also, malabde, fr. L. male habitus, i. e.,
ill-kept, not in good condition. See {Malice}, and {Habit}.]
1. Any disease of the human body; a distemper, disorder, or
   indisposition, proceeding from impaired, defective, or
   morbid organic functions; especially, a lingering or
   deep-seated disorder.

         The maladies of the body may prove medicines to the
         mind.                                 --Buckminster.

2. A moral or mental defect or disorder.

         Love's a malady without a cure.       --Dryden.

Syn: Disorder; distemper; sickness; ailment; disease;
     illness. See {Disease}.

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