malaise
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In medicine, malaise is a feeling of general discomfort, uneasiness or lack of wellbeing and often the first sign of an infection or other disease. It is considered a vague termdescribing the state of simply not feeling well. The word has existed in French since at least the 12th century.
Key facts
- Medical condition.name
- Malaise
- Medical condition.synonyms
- Discomfort, uneasiness
- Medical condition.field
- Family medicine, Internal medicine, Pediatrics, Geriatrics, Psychiatry, Clinical psychology
- Medical condition.symptoms
- Feeling of uneasiness or discomfort
- Medical condition.diagnosis
- Based on symptoms
- Medical condition.differential
- Pain, anxiety, depression
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- symptom or sign
- Part of
- disease
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- NCI Thesaurus ID
- C3832
- exact match
- purl.obolibrary.org/obo/SYMP_0019176
- described by source
- The Nuttall Encyclopædia
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Cause
- Figurative use
- See also
- Notes and references
- External links
In medicine, malaise is a feeling of general discomfort, uneasiness or lack of wellbeing and often the first sign of an infection or other disease. It is considered a vague termdescribing the state of simply not feeling well. The word has existed in French since at least the 12th century.
The term is often used figuratively in other contexts, in addition to its meaning as a general state of angst or melancholia.
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