malady
noun
[ ˈmalədi ]
• a disease or ailment.
• "an incurable malady"
Similar:
illness,
sickness,
ailment,
disorder,
complaint,
disease,
infection,
indisposition,
affliction,
infirmity,
lurgy,
bug,
virus,
wog,
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French maladie, from malade ‘sick’, based on Latin male ‘ill’ + habitus ‘having (as a condition)’.
