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malaria Definition

ma·laria (mə lerē ə)

noun

  1. Archaic unwholesome or poisonous air, as from marshy ground; miasma
  2. Etymology: from the former notion that it was caused by the bad air of swamps

    an infectious disease, generally intermittent and recurrent, caused by any of various protozoans (genus Plasmodium) that are parasitic in the red blood corpuscles and are transmitted to humans by the bite of an infected anopheles mosquito: it is characterized by severe chills and fever

Etymology: It, contr. < mala aria, bad air: see mal- & aria

malaria Related Forms
ma·lar·ial adjective or ma·lar·ian or ma·lari·ous
malaria Synonyms

malaria

n.

malarial fever, sickness, jungle fever*; see disease.

malaria Usage Examples

Preposition: with

  • africa@home: Latest news Help defeat malaria in Africa ( 02/08/2006 ) Take part in research from home, and help defeat malaria with Africa@home.

Converse of object

  • eradicate: Deaths from malaria are quite simply a result of our failure to eradicate malaria in developing countries.
  • transmit: Mosquitoes in Hawai'i do not transmit Malaria which would affect humans.

Adjective modifier

  • chloroquine-resistant: If travelers become sick after returning from areas in which chloroquine-resistant malaria is endemic, they need to be quickly checked for the disease.
  • cerebral: Cortical blindness does occur in about 4 % of the cases of cerebral malaria.
  • uncomplicated: NOVARTIS and Medicines for Malaria Venture have entered into a collaboration to develop a children's formulation for uncomplicated falciparum malaria.
  • malignant: There are also areas in Latin America, Asia, and Oceania, where malignant malaria still occurs.
  • resistant: Specific prescriptions are required if you are traveling to an area where there is drug resistant malaria.

Modifies a noun

  • parasite: Malaria parasite antigens exposed on the surface of the infected red blood cell membrane.
  • chemoprophylaxis: In addition cruises that have an overnight stay in any other malaria endemic region of the world require malaria chemoprophylaxis.
  • prophylaxis: Most cases of malaria are in those who failed to take, or comply regularly with, malaria prophylaxis.
  • plasmodium: Research The research carried out in David's group is focused on the sexual stages of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum.
  • falciparum: Research The research carried out in David's group is focused on the sexual stages of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum.
  • tablet: Bryn wants to know: Can children take malaria tablets?

Noun used with modifier

  • falciparum: The forest zone of West Africa has a high risk of falciparum malaria throughout the year.
  • vivax: Other topics discussed include rapid diagnostic tests, counterfeit drugs, seasonal prophylaxis, and vivax malaria.
  • plasmodium: The global distribution of clinical episodes of Plasmodium falciparum malaria.
  • rodent: The researchers are also looking at about 30 other rodent malaria genes that also seem to be particularly important during infection.
  • defeat: Latest news Help defeat malaria in Africa ( 02/08/2006 ) Take part in research from home, and help defeat malaria with Africa@home.
  • contracting: You don't want her contracting malaria again once she's better.
malaria Quotes

Avirtuous man can almost cease to believe in Hell, but he carried Hell about with him. Sometimes at night he dreamed of it† Evil ran like malaria in his veins.

—Greene, (Henry) Graham

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