malady
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
malady/ˈmalədi/
▶noun (pl. maladies) literary a disease or ailment.
– origin ME: from OFr. maladie, from malade ‘sick’, based on L. male ‘ill’ + habitus ‘having (as a condition)’.
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