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malarial

[muh-lair-ee-uh]

ma·lar·i·a

[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.

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

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
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pseu·do·ma·lar·i·a, noun
un·ma·lar·i·al, adjective
COLLAPSE
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malaria (məˈlɛərɪə)
 
n
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)
 
[C18: from Italian mala aria bad air, from the belief that the disease was caused by the unwholesome air in swampy districts]
 
ma'larial
 
adj
 
ma'larian
 
adj
 
ma'larious
 
adj

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