GC: n
S: Medscape – https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/524310 (last access: 1 November 2022); NCBI – https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6509257/ (last access: 1 November 2022).
N: 1. c. 1300, maleise “pain, suffering; sorrow, anxiety,” also, by late 14c., “disease, sickness,” from Old French malaise “difficulty, suffering, hardship,” literally “ill-ease,” from mal “bad” (see mal-) + aise “ease” (see ease (n.)). The current use, in the sense of “unease, discomfort,” especially “an indefinite feeling of uneasiness,” is perhaps a mid-18c. reborrowing from Modern French. A Middle English verbal form, malasen “to trouble, distress” (mid-15c.), from Old French malaisier, did not endure.
2. A general feeling of discomfort, illness, or unease whose exact cause is difficult to identify.
3. A vague feeling of bodily discomfort.
4. malaise : term recommended by the Medical Signs and Symptoms Committee (Canada).
5. ailment: Any disease or affection of the body, usually referring to slight or mild disorder.
S: 1. OED – https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=malaise (last access: 1 November 2022). 2. NHS – https://www.thinkkidneys.nhs.uk/aki/glossary/malaise/ (last access:1 November 2022 ). 3 to 5. TERMIUM PLUS – https://www.btb.termiumplus.gc.ca/tpv2alpha/alpha-eng.html?lang=eng&i=1&srchtxt=malaise&index=alt&codom2nd_wet=1#resultrecs (last access: 1 November 2022).
SYN: discomfort (depending on context)
S: TERMIUM PLUS – https://www.btb.termiumplus.gc.ca/tpv2alpha/alpha-eng.html?lang=eng&i=1&srchtxt=malaise&index=alt&codom2nd_wet=1#resultrecs (last access: 1 November 2022)
