malady

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By treating actual adults—the chat participants weren’t teenagers—with kid gloves, they contribute to the cultural malady of infantilization.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025

While Mimi seemed unaffected by her malady, Khorram’s voice was tinged with exhaustion.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 23, 2025

The new study builds upon his lab's discovery and validation of free-water imaging as a reliable, noninvasive biomarker for another neurodegenerative malady, Parkinson's disease.

From Science Daily • Mar. 6, 2024

Navarro is tortured with concerns that the psychological malady that claimed the lives of her mother and sister is taking hold of her, too.

From Salon • Feb. 12, 2024

Only later did I realize that the true cause of this malady was hard, merciless shivering, my muscles contracting as mechanically as if by electric impulse, all night long, every night.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt