Definitions of malady

1. impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism

2. Any disease of the human body; a distemper, disorder, or indisposition, proceeding from impaired, defective, or morbid organic functions; especially, a lingering or deep- seated disorder.

3. A moral or mental defect or disorder.

4. A disease, especially a deep- seated or lingering disorder.

5. Illness: disease, bodily or mental.

6. Disease; illness.

7. Disease, particularly a lingering or deep- seated disorder, whether of body or mind.

8. Any sickness or disease of the human body; depravity; moral disorder.