- malady - any unwholesome or desperate condition; "what maladies afflict our nation?"
--1 is a kind of condition, status
- illness, unwellness, malady, sickness - impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism
--2 is a kind of ill health, unhealthiness, health problem
--2 has particulars: - illness, unwellness, malady, sickness - impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism