maladies
What physicians treat
Maladies is the plural of malady—diseases, ailments, or disorders.
The word has a slightly literary or old-fashioned quality, often appearing in discussions of chronic conditions or societal problems treated as illnesses: the maladies of old age, social maladies like poverty and crime.
A malady suggests something persistent rather than acute.
Deadly epidemic disease
- pestilenceFatal epidemic disease
- bubonicOf groin-node swellings
- consumptionUsing up of resources
- choleraBacterial disease causing fatal dehydration
typhus · smallpox · leprosy · scurvy · dysentery · polio · scarlet fever · yellow fever
Widespread disease occurrence
- pandemicGlobal disease outbreak
- infectionPathogen invasion causing illness
- syndromeLinked symptoms forming pattern
- pathologyStudy of disease processes
disorder · condition · virus · contagion · diagnosis · symptom · treatment · vaccine
plague
Deadly epidemic disease
- pestilenceFatal epidemic disease
- bubonicOf groin-node swellings
- consumptionUsing up of resources
cholera · typhus · smallpox · leprosy · scurvy · dysentery · polio · scarlet fever · yellow fever · miasma
epidemic
Widespread disease occurrence
- pandemicGlobal disease outbreak
- infectionPathogen invasion causing illness
- syndromeLinked symptoms forming pattern
pathology · disorder · condition · virus · contagion · diagnosis · symptom · treatment · vaccine · immunity
sickness
Bodily disorder or disease
fatigue · chills · aches · weakness · bedridden · recuperation · recovery · relapse · patient · invalid
suffering
Sustained experience of distress
hardship · tribulation · adversity · anguish · distress · grief · sorrow · calamity · misfortune · curse
maladieshealth
Condition of body, mind
wellness · good health · well-being · fitness · vitality