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The body's check-engine light, flashing for reasons it refuses to specify.
means A vague, general feeling of physical discomfort or unease, often without a clear or single cause.
from From Old French, mal (bad) plus aise (ease) — literally bad-ease, the opposite of comfort, dressed in French.
Doctor's noteA real diagnostic term for unwell-but-unspecified.
National flavorFamously applied to whole economies and eras of gloom.
Sneaky symptomOften the first whisper before a fever arrives.