malaria
A disease spread by mosquito, in which a protozoan, Plasmodium, multiplies in blood every few days.
Other meanings
Supposed poisonous air arising from marshy districts, once thought to cause fever.
Related words
- antimalaria
- malariametric
- malarigenous
- malarin
- malarioid
- malariologist
- malariology
- malarious
- nonmalaria
- malarial
- malaria net
- airport malaria
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This definition is adapted from “malaria” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.