malady

1. Any unwholesome or desperate condition (synset 114587509)
   "what maladies afflict our nation?"
   is a type of: condition, status - a state at a particular time
2. Impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism (synset 114085287)
   is a type of: health problem, ill health, unhealthiness - a state in which you are unable to function normally and without pain
   subtypes:

   • condition - an illness, disease, or other medical problem
   • ague - a fit of shivering or shaking
   • amyloidosis - a disorder characterized by deposit of amyloid in organs or tissues; often secondary to chronic rheumatoid arthritis or tuberculosis or multiple myeloma
   • anuresis, anuria - inability to urinate
   • catastrophic illness - severe illness requiring prolonged hospitalization or recovery; usually involves high costs for hospitals and doctors and medicines
   • collapse, prostration - an abrupt failure of function or complete physical exhaustion
   • aeroembolism, air embolism, bends, caisson disease, decompression sickness, gas embolism - pain resulting from rapid change in pressure
   • food poisoning, gastrointestinal disorder - illness caused by poisonous or contaminated food
   • lead poisoning, plumbism, saturnism - toxic condition produced by the absorption of excessive lead into the system
   • disease - an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning
   • hypermotility - excessive movement; especially excessive motility of the gastrointestinal tract
   • indisposition - a slight illness
   • ozone sickness - illness that can occur to persons exposed to ozone in high-altitude aircraft; characterized by sleepiness and headache and chest pains and itchiness
   • toxaemia, toxaemia of pregnancy, toxemia, toxemia of pregnancy - an abnormal condition of pregnancy characterized by hypertension and edema and protein in the urine
   • growth - (pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor)
   same as: illness, sickness, unwellness

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