malaria
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.
Archaic. unwholesome or poisonous air.
Origin of malaria
1Other 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
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How to use malaria in a sentence
Plus, there had already been a failed attempt to eradicate malaria.
Smallpox used to kill millions of people every year. Here’s how humans beat it. | Kelsey Piper | February 5, 2021 | VoxConsider, for context, that the infectious agent that causes malaria has been known for 140 years and there still, as yet, is no approved vaccine to prevent the disease.
Talking about zoonotic diseases is different than talking about tuberculosis or malaria.
The Man Who Saw the Pandemic Coming - Issue 94: Evolving | Kevin Berger | December 30, 2020 | NautilusIn the future, the breakthrough is likely to speed the development of new medicines for everything from malaria to cancer.
DeepMind’s new protein-folding A.I. is already helping in the fight against COVID-19 | Jeremy Kahn | November 30, 2020 | FortunePortugal, now at the Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology in Berlin, and her colleagues identified around 600 people in Mali infected with malaria in 2017 and 2018.
How malaria parasites hide from the human immune system | Erin Garcia de Jesus | October 26, 2020 | Science News
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.
Ebola Is Destroying Liberia’s Vaccination Program | Wade C.L. Williams | November 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTmalaria, 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.
What’s Worse Than Ebola in West Africa? Almost Everything | Barbie Latza Nadeau | October 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn estivo-autumnal malaria the gametes take distinctive ovoid and crescentic forms, and are not difficult to recognize.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell ToddIn estivo-autumnal fever the regular grouping, while usually present at first, is soon lost, thus causing "irregular malaria."
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell ToddPeter brought the blanket and left him alone, while he faced this new trouble which bore no resemblance to malaria.
The Cromptons | Mary J. HolmesIf 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.
The Cromptons | Mary J. HolmesAs in the low marshy ground at the mouths of the Liri and Volturno, malaria is very prevalent.
British Dictionary definitions for malaria
/ (məˈlɛərɪə) /
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)
Origin of malaria
1Derived forms of malaria
- malarial, malarian or malarious, adjective
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Scientific definitions for malaria
[ mə-lâr′ē-ə ]
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.
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Cultural definitions for malaria
[ (muh-lair-ee-uh) ]
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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