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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. [1] 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.
Used of mentally ill and neurotic women, particularly single women and spinsters who hoard cats. [23] Cretin [citation needed] Cripple "A person with a physical or mobility impairment". Its shortened form ("crip") has been reclaimed by some people with disabilities as a positive identity. [6] [7] [17] [24] Confined to a wheelchair
I feel: Chills; Fever; Paresthesia (numbness, tingling, electric tweaks) Light-headed; Dizzy Dizzy – about to black out; Dizzy – with the room spinning around me; My mouth is dry; Nauseated; Sick like I have the flu; like I have to vomit; Short of breath; Sleepy; Sweaty; Thirsty; Tired; Weak; I can't: Breathe normally; Hear normally: losing ...
Schadenfreude (/ ˈ ʃ ɑː d ən f r ɔɪ d ə /; German: [ˈʃaːdn̩ˌfʁɔʏ̯də] ⓘ; lit. Tooltip literal translation "harm-joy") is the experience of pleasure, joy, or self-satisfaction that comes from learning of or witnessing the troubles, failures, pain, suffering, or humiliation of another.
It’s like clockwork: You start settling into your daily routine after a fun weekend getaway when all of a sudden you notice you’ve got a case of the sniffles.
Signs and symptoms are not mutually exclusive, for example a subjective feeling of fever can be noted as sign by using a thermometer that registers a high reading. [10] The CDC lists various diseases by their signs and symptoms such as for measles which includes a high fever , conjunctivitis , and cough , followed a few days later by the ...
Ancher, Michael, "The Sick Girl", 1882, Statens Museum for Kunst. Sickness behavior is a coordinated set of adaptive behavioral changes that develop in ill individuals during the course of an infection. [1] They usually, but not always, [2] accompany fever and aid survival.
This glossary covers terms found in the psychiatric literature; the word origins are primarily Greek, but there are also Latin, French, German, and English terms. Many of these terms refer to expressions dating from the early days of psychiatry in Europe; some are deprecated, and thus are of historic interest.