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MALAISE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Physical discomfort (as mild sickness or depression)

Synonyms:

malaise; unease; uneasiness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("malaise" is a kind of...):

discomfort; uncomfortableness (the state of being tense and feeling pain)

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 Context examples: 

Vasculitis due to allergic reaction, marked by such cutaneous lesions as papules, macules, vesicles, urticarial wheals, purpura, and small ulcers, and accompanied by itching and usually a slight fever and malaise.

(Allergic Cutaneous Angiitis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

It is characterized by an acute and chronic phase; in the acute phase patients may have fever, malaise, and swelling at the site of the insect bite.

(Chagas Disease, NCI Thesaurus)