malady
/ˈmæl.ə.di/ noun B2- Any ailment or disease of the body; especially, a lingering or deep-seated disorder.
- A moral or mental defect or disorder.
Plural maladies
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Did you forget that this great man, this hero, this demigod, is attacked with a malady of the skin which worries him to death, prurigo?”
This malady admits but of one remedy; I will tell you what that is.
Since the first attack I experienced of this malady, I have continually reflected on it.
These horrible chills, which make my teeth chatter and seem to dislocate my bones, begin to pervade my whole frame; in five minutes the malady will reach its height, and in a quarter of an hour there will be nothing left of me but a corpse.”
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