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Example sentences for: malady

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A long article investigates "attachment disorder," a psychological malady that affects neglected east European toddlers adopted by Americans.
And by drugs, which have been their remedy for every psychological malady: LSD to shatter hang-ups; cocaine to alleviate chronic boredom; Prozac to lift depression.
They've revived an ailing dog ( ER 's Anthony Edwards), spent $700 nursing a rabbit back to health (actress Gretchen Mol), spearheaded efforts to free an inhumanely caged gorilla (Doris Day), and aided African elephants that suffer from "Floppy Trunk Syndrome," a malady that keeps the poor beasts from eating properly (Alicia Silverstone).
And many of her clients had medical problems from living in slum housing such as cockroaches lodged in ear canals and rat bite fever, a nonfatal malady that particularly affects children.
The mind is a powerful thing, and sometimes may be as effective or even more effective in treating a physical or mental malady, than pharmaceuticals (herbal or otherwise).