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Malaise
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<p>In <a href="/facts/Medicine/2fnp90Je">medicine</a>, malaise is a feeling of general <a href="/facts/Suffering/gDdgz4lj">discomfort</a>, uneasiness or lack of wellbeing and often the first sign of an <a href="/facts/Infection/182XrncP">infection</a> or other disease. It is considered a vague term – describing the state of simply not feeling well. The word has existed in <a href="/facts/French_language/qe1DnaQh">French</a> since at least the 12th century. </p><p>The term is often used <a href="/facts/Figurative_language/kGmDkVal">figuratively</a> in other contexts, in addition to its meaning as a general state of <a href="/facts/Angst/bsEf5I7L">angst</a> or <a href="/facts/Melancholia/mkmzB0wy">melancholia</a>. </p>