malady

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n., pl. -dies.

1. A disease, a disorder, or an ailment.
2. An unwholesome condition: the malady of discontent.

[Middle English maladie, from Old French, from malade, sick, from Latin male habitus, in poor condition : male, badly + habitus, past participle of habēre, to hold.]

noun

1. A pathological condition of mind or body: ailment, complaint, disease, disorder, ill, illness, infirmity, sickness. See health/sickness.
2. A minor illness, especially one of a temporary nature: ailment, bug, complaint, indisposition. See health/sickness.

A disease or illness.

IN BRIEF: Any physical disease or disorder.

To be ignorant of one's ignorance is the malady of the ignorant. — Amos Bronson Alcott (1799-1888)

Dansk (Danish)
n. - sygdom, onde

Nederlands (Dutch)
kwaal

Français (French)
n. - maladie, (fig) mal

Deutsch (German)
n. - Leiden, Übel

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αρρώστια, νόσημα

Italiano (Italian)
acciacco, malattia

Português (Portuguese)
n. - doença crônica (f), distúrbio mental (m)

Русский (Russian)
болезнь, зло

Español (Spanish)
n. - enfermedad, mal

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - sjukdom, lidande

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
病, 弊病, 疾病

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 病, 弊病, 疾病

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 병 , 병폐, 나쁜 버릇

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 病気, 病弊, 弊害

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مرض, داء‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮חולי, מחלה‬

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