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malady


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Malady  \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}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  malady 
  n  1:  any  unwholesome  or  desperate  condition;  "what  maladies 
  afflict  our  nation?" 
  2:  impairment  of  normal  physiological  function  affecting  part 
  or  all  of  an  organism  [syn:  {illness},  {sickness}] 




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