as in disease
an abnormal state that disrupts a plant's or animal's normal bodily functioning
in the olden days people were always suffering from some unknown malady
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Recent Examples of malady
Many business leaders like OpenAI CEO Sam Altman argue companies are AI washing, or using the technology as an apt justification for layoffs when in reality, they’re enacted due to another underlying budgetary malady.
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Jake Angelo,
Fortune,
29 May 2026
Simmons also argued that medical tests would show that Chen’s maladies are not consistent with drinking Drano, but are more likely from acid reflux.
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City News Service,
Oc Register,
29 May 2026
Heart disease kills more people worldwide than any other malady, and even though doctors use cholesterol-lowering medications and recommend lifestyle habits to control major risk factors.
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Alice Park,
Time,
28 May 2026
Proust apologises for his late arrival, ascribing it to malady, before going into the symptoms in some detail.
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Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 May 2026
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Jake Angelo,
Fortune,
29 May 2026
Simmons also argued that medical tests would show that Chen’s maladies are not consistent with drinking Drano, but are more likely from acid reflux.
—
City News Service,
Oc Register,
29 May 2026
Heart disease kills more people worldwide than any other malady, and even though doctors use cholesterol-lowering medications and recommend lifestyle habits to control major risk factors.
—
Alice Park,
Time,
28 May 2026
Proust apologises for his late arrival, ascribing it to malady, before going into the symptoms in some detail.
—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for malady
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The shipment includes emergency health kits for urgent medical care, including supplies for safe births, newborn care, disease prevention and treatment, according to the United Nations.
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The rabies vaccine, if administered immediately after exposure, is nearly 100% successful at preventing the disease, according to the World Health Organization.
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The women wanted physicians who were disease preventers, and doctors who were attentive to the difficulties wrought by menopause, which have been increasingly found to leave women vulnerable to other ailments.
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Imaging this week showed Brown has a stress reaction in his neck, which was in the same spot as his 2024 ailment that ultimately had been diagnosed as an osteoma (benign bone tumor).
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If anyone shows signs of heat illness, promptly move them to a cool, shaded area.
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Despite some athletes reporting illness afterward, no clear link to the water was confirmed, and the century-long psychological barrier to bathing in the Seine was finally broken.
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Large protests are expected and, in a country where migration has become an easy target for people suffering from a cascade of social and economic ills, the gatherings risk becoming combustible.
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But that also eradicates a crucial option - to mount a show trial and scapegoat him for all the ills of his rule, thus absolving others.
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Symptoms of cyclosporiasis occur between two days and two weeks after exposure, and include frequent watery diarrhea, loss of appetite and weight, abdominal cramps and bloating, nausea and low-grade fever.
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Monroe County health officials say symptoms occur two to 14 days after exposure and include frequent watery diarrhea, loss of appetite and weight, cramps and bloating, nausea and low-grade fever.
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“Malady.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/malady. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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