Synonyms:
disorder, upset
Meaning: a physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning; "the doctor prescribed some medicine for the disorder"; "everyone gets stomach upsets from time to time"
Usage examples
The three rooms seemed in portentous disorder.
There had been drinking and disorder enough, that night....
But to me alone was the nature and seat of the disorder known.
They are both equally unnatural and the result of mental disorder.
In the midst of disorder and confusion, death heaped victims on victims.
Her disorder turned to a galloping Consumption and in a few days carried her off.
The disorder began in the brain, by an oppressive pain accompanied or followed by fever.
Noise, confusion, meals poorly cooked and worse served, dust, disorder, and uncertainty.
Her hair was in disorder; she had evidently just risen in fear and in haste from her bed.
Then virtual regularity is translated into actual chaos; order degenerates into disorder.