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malaria

[ muh-lair-ee-uh ]

noun

  1. Pathology. any of a group of diseases, usually intermittent or remittent, characterized by attacks of chills, fever, and sweating: formerly supposed to be due to swamp exhalations but now known to be caused by a parasitic protozoan, which is transferred to the human bloodstream by a mosquito of the genus Anopheles and which occupies and destroys red blood cells.
  2. Archaic. unwholesome or poisonous air.


malaria

/ məˈlɛərɪə /

noun

  1. an infectious disease characterized by recurring attacks of chills and fever, caused by the bite of an anopheles mosquito infected with any of four protozoans of the genus Plasmodium ( P. vivax, P. falciparum, P. malariae, or P. ovale )


malaria

/ mə-lârē-ə /

  1. An infectious disease of tropical areas caused by the parasitic infection of red blood cells by a protozoan of the genus Plasmodium, which is transmitted by the bite of an infected female mosquito. Malaria is characterized by recurrent episodes of chills, fever, sweating, and anemia and is endemic in Africa, Central America, and much of Southern Asia and northern South America.


malaria

  1. An infectious disease caused by a parasite that is transmitted by the bite of an infected mosquito. Persons suffering from malaria experience periodic episodes of chills and fever.


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Derived Forms

  • maˈlarial, adjective

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Other Words From

  • ma·lari·al ma·lari·an ma·lari·ous adjective
  • nonma·lari·al adjective
  • nonma·lari·an adjective
  • nonma·lari·ous adjective
  • postma·lari·al adjective
  • pseudo·ma·lari·a noun
  • unma·lari·al adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of malaria1

1730–40; < Italian, contraction of mala aria bad air

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Word History and Origins

Origin of malaria1

C18: from Italian mala aria bad air, from the belief that the disease was caused by the unwholesome air in swampy districts

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Example Sentences

Kids suffering from malaria or extreme diarrhea are now too often left without medical care.

She says the nurses have done some tests and say her daughter has malaria.

Malaria, which is spread my mosquitoes, has also been on the rise since the camp was flooded.

With less than a dozen toilets in the entire community, poor sanitation fuels high rates of malaria and lethal cases of diarrhea.

A shocking statistic among many is that, on average, one person dies of malaria there every 30 seconds.

In estivo-autumnal malaria the gametes take distinctive ovoid and crescentic forms, and are not difficult to recognize.

In estivo-autumnal fever the regular grouping, while usually present at first, is soon lost, thus causing "irregular malaria."

Peter brought the blanket and left him alone, while he faced this new trouble which bore no resemblance to malaria.

If he had malaria it clung to him year after year, while he grew more reserved and silent, and saw less and less of the people.

As in the low marshy ground at the mouths of the Liri and Volturno, malaria is very prevalent.

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