nonmalarial
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a word derived from
malaria.
malarianounany 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.
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Meanwhile, because there are few reliable rapid tests for infections other than malaria, HIV/AIDS, and tuberculosis, most nonmalarial fevers go undiagnosed and untreated.
From Science Magazine ● Mar. 7, 2018
A patient with malaria coming into a nonmalarial place, and being bitten by mosquitoes, may lead to an epidemic of the disorder which becomes endemic.
From The Home Medical Library, Volume I (of VI) by Kenelm Winslow