Hypertext Webster Gateway: "malady"
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) 1.7 (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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