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plural maladies
Any ailment or disease of the body; especially, a lingering or deep-seated disorder. quotations examples
As, to prevent our maladies unseen, / We sicken to shun sickness when we purge.
1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet CXVIII”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley
The maladies of the body may prove medicines of the mind.
a. 1812, Joseph Stevens Buckminster, It is Good for Me, that I have been Afflicted (sermon)
A moral or mental defect or disorder. quotations examples
Love's a malady without a cure.
1700, [John] Dryden, “Palamon and Arcite”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […]