Words similar to malady

Example sentences for: malady

How can you use “malady” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

Unfortunately, many of the measurements now used by insurance companies to assess quality pay little attention—if any at all—to the complexity of a patient's illness, or to the importance of spending time trying to define the underlying malady.
The malady is similar to that of the clever little tune that becomes imbedded in the mind and demands to be hummed: the more one tries to forget, the stronger is the sense of impulsive and involuntary recall.
A long article investigates "attachment disorder," a psychological malady that affects neglected east European toddlers adopted by Americans.
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).
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).