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malady
[ mal-uh-dee ]
noun
- any disorder or disease of the body, especially one that is chronic or deepseated.
Synonyms: , , , , ,
- any undesirable or disordered condition:
social maladies; a malady of the spirit.
malady
/ ˈæəɪ /
noun
- any disease or illness
- any unhealthy, morbid, or desperate condition
a malady of the spirit
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of malady1
Example Sentences
The three Ratliff siblings have scattered to Los Angeles and New York, far from the tropical maladies of Thailand and the third season of “The White Lotus.”
Then and now, elected officials were blaming immigrants for all the supposed maladies afflicting this country.
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.
if a drop of blood could be accurately tested to diagnose an array of maladies?
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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