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Definitions for Malaria

[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.
[3] 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 )

Words related to Malaria

ague, miasma, paludism

Words nearby Malaria

malapropism, malapropos, malar, malar bone, malar process, malaria, malariae malaria, malarial crescent, malariology, malarkey, malassezia

Origin of Malaria

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

Other words from Malaria

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
ma•lar′ i•al null null adj.

Word origin for Malaria

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

Synonyms for Malaria

ague, miasm, miasma, fever and ague, jungle fever, paludism