malady
a disease, an illness, a disorder
TRANSLATION
Krankheit, Leiden
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
"In 1851, Samuel Cartwright, a surgeon and psychologist in Louisiana, filed a report in the New Orleans Medical and Surgical Journal on diseases among the South's black population. Among the various MALADIES he described was 'drapetomania' or 'the disease causing slaves to run away'."
(International Herald Tribune, 17th January 2000)
"The MALADIES of the body may prove medicines to the mind." -- Buckminster.
(International Herald Tribune, 17th January 2000)
"The MALADIES of the body may prove medicines to the mind." -- Buckminster.
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malady
1. A disease, a disorder, or an ailment.
2. An unwholesome condition
Middle English maladie, from Old French, from malade, sick, from Latin male habitus, in poor condition
Synonyms:
affection, affliction, ailment, bug, condition, disease, disorder, ill, illness, indisposition, infirmity, malady, sickness, syndrome, upset
1. A disease, a disorder, or an ailment.
2. An unwholesome condition
Middle English maladie, from Old French, from malade, sick, from Latin male habitus, in poor condition
Synonyms:
affection, affliction, ailment, bug, condition, disease, disorder, ill, illness, indisposition, infirmity, malady, sickness, syndrome, upset
