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malady

[ mal-uh-dee ]

noun

plural maladies.
  1. any disorder or disease of the body, especially one that is chronic or deepseated.

    Synonyms: , , , , ,

  2. any undesirable or disordered condition:

    social maladies; a malady of the spirit.



malady

/ ˈ³¾Ã¦±ôÉ™»åɪ /

noun

  1. any disease or illness
  2. any unhealthy, morbid, or desperate condition

    a malady of the spirit

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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of malady1

1200–50; Middle English maladie < Old French, equivalent to malade sick (< Late Latin male habitus literally, ill-conditioned; mal-, habit 1 ) + -ie -y 3
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of malady1

C13: from Old French, from Vulgar Latin male habitus (unattested) in poor condition, from Latin male badly + habitus, from ³ó²¹²úŧ°ù±ð to have
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Then and now, elected officials were blaming immigrants for all the supposed maladies afflicting this country.

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When Colleen Henderson’s three-year-old daughter complained of pain while using the bathroom, doctors brushed it off as a urinary tract infection or constipation, common maladies in the potty-training years.

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What if a drop of blood could be accurately tested to diagnose an array of maladies?

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Despite his apparent malady, Kennedy stuck to his shtick of reframing health as a matter of private virtue rather than public concern.

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But said rescue also referenced a clinical-sounding malady known as "single kitten syndrome," a behavioral term that did not exist two decades ago.

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