malarial

[muh-ler-ee-uhl]

adjective

1. relating to, characteristic of, or caused by malaria.

2. being a location or population in which malaria is endemic or in which the risk of infection is high.

Example Sentences

“Fevers and diseases of the malarial character carry off about half of mankind, and diseases of the respiratory organs one-fourth,” he wrote.

From Los Angeles Times

Still, climate change probably isn’t behind this malarial threat.

From Science Magazine

Swarms of insects have descended, and though Korean mosquitoes are not malarial, gruesome images show legs covered in sores from bites.

From Washington Times

Patients underwent sterilizations, insulin comas, lobotomies and deliberate malarial infections.

From Seattle Times

Early civic booster Charles Lummis was “a malarial journalist” from Ohio.

From Los Angeles Times