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Noun: malady  ma-lu-dee
  1. Impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism
    "The mysterious malady left doctors puzzled";
    - illness, unwellness, sickness
     
  2. Any unwholesome or desperate condition
    "what maladies afflict our nation?"

Derived forms: maladies

Type of: condition, health problem, ill health, status, unhealthiness

Encyclopedia: Malady