Definition of Malady

1. Noun. Any unwholesome or desperate condition. "What maladies afflict our nation?"

Generic synonyms: Condition, Status

2. Noun. Impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism.

Definition of Malady

1. n. 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.

Definition of Malady

1. Noun. Any ailment or disease of the human body; especially, a lingering or deep-seated disorder. ¹

2. Noun. A moral or mental defect or disorder. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Malady

1. an illness [n -DIES] - See also: illness

Medical Definition of Malady

1. Origin: 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) Synonym: Disorder, distemper, sickness, ailment, disease, illness. See Disease. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Malady

maladious
maladjusted
maladjustive
maladjustment
maladjustments
maladminister
maladministered
maladministers
maladministration
maladministrations
maladroit
maladroitly
maladroitness
maladroitnesses
maladroits
malady (current term)
malagma
malaguena
malaguenas
malagueta
malaguetas
malahini
malaise
malaised
malaises
malakoplakia
malalignment
malamate
malambo
malamethane

Literary usage of Malady

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Monthly Review by Charles William Wason (1831)
"The modern habits of our people are also, as compared with those of the inhabitants of the countries to which the malady has reached, cleanly and healthy. ..."

2. The Nineteenth Century (1889)
"M. de Pourceaugnac'j malady, the doctors say, is their property; ... They are indeed her principal malady. She needs to be cured of them. ..."

3. The Life of Charles Dickens by John Forster (1874)
"... unwell with an internal malady that occasionally at long malady, ' intervals troubles me a little, and it was attended with *' " ' the sudden loss of so ..."

4. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1879)
"Special malady of the Osseous System developed during Intra-uterine Life, ... While in the malady developed during fœtal life everything is explained by the ..."

5. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, George H Warner (1902)
"Yes, the inquietude of the heart which doubt has robbed of its faith in God is an evidence that skepticism is a malady, not a normal state. ..."

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