Definition: Malaria

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian malaria, formed from mal- (bad) and aria (air). Displaced native Old English unlyft ‎(bad air).

Noun

malaria (countable and uncountable, plural malarias)

1. A disease spread by mosquito, in which a protozoan, Plasmodium, multiplies in blood every few days.

Derived terms

• antimalarial
• falciparum malaria
• knowlesi malaria
• malarial
• malaria mosquito
• vivax malaria

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