'malady' definitions:
Definition of 'malady'
From: WordNet
noun
Any unwholesome or desperate condition; "what maladies afflict our nation?"
noun
Impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism [syn: illness, unwellness, malady, sickness] [ant: health, wellness]
Definition of 'malady'
From: GCIDE
- malady \mal"a*dy\ (m[a^]l"[.a]*d[y^]), n.; pl. Maladies (m[a^]l"[.a]*d[i^]z). [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. [1913 Webster]
- The maladies of the body may prove medicines to the mind. --Buckminster. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A moral or mental defect or disorder. [1913 Webster]
- Love's a malady without a cure. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Disorder; distemper; sickness; ailment; disease; illness. See Disease. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'malady'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abnormality,
- acute disease,
- affection,
- affliction,
- ailment,
- allergic disease,
- allergy,
- atrophy,
- bacterial disease,
- birth defect,
- blight,
- cardiovascular disease,
- chronic disease,
- circulatory disease,
- complaint,
- complication,
- condition,
- congenital defect,
- defect,
- deficiency disease,
- deformity,
- degenerative disease,
- disability,
- disease,
- disorder,
- distemper,
- endemic,
- endemic disease,
- endocrine disease,
- epidemic disease,
- functional disease,
- fungus disease,
- gastrointestinal disease,
- genetic disease,
- handicap,
- hereditary disease,
- iatrogenic disease,
- ill,
- illness,
- indisposition,
- infectious disease,
- infirmity,
- malaise,
- morbidity,
- morbus,
- muscular disease,
- neurological disease,
- nutritional disease,
- occupational disease,
- organic disease,
- pandemic disease,
- pathological condition,
- pathology,
- plant disease,
- protozoan disease,
- psychosomatic disease,
- respiratory disease,
- rockiness,
- secondary disease,
- seediness,
- sickishness,
- sickness,
- signs,
- symptomatology,
- symptomology,
- symptoms,
- syndrome,
- the pip,
- urogenital disease,
- virus disease,
- wasting disease,
- worm disease