Definition of Malaria

1. Noun. An infective disease caused by sporozoan parasites that are transmitted through the bite of an infected Anopheles mosquito; marked by paroxysms of chills and fever.

Specialized synonyms: Blackwater Fever, Jungle Fever
Generic synonyms: Protozoal Infection
Terms within: Ague, Chills And Fever
Derivative terms: Malarial

Definition of Malaria

1. n. Air infected with some noxious substance capable of engendering disease; esp., an unhealthy exhalation from certain soils, as marshy or wet lands, producing fevers; miasma.

Definition of Malaria

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

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Malaria

1. an infectious disease [n -S] : MALARIAL, MALARIAN [adj]

Medical Definition of Malaria

1. In humans, the set of diseases caused by infection by the protozoans Plasmodium vivax causing the tertian type, P. Malariae the quartan type and P. Falciparum the quotidian or irregular type of disease, the names referring to the frequency of fevers. The fevers occur when the merozoites are released from the erythrocytes. The organisms are transmitted by the Anopheles mosquito. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Malaria

malapropos
malaprops
malapterurid
malapterurids
malapterurus
malar
malar arch
malar bone
malar flush
malar fold
malar foramen
malar lymph node
malar node
malar point
malar process
malaria (current term)
malaria comatosa
malaria mosquito
malaria mosquitos
malaria parasite
malaria vaccines
malariae malaria
malarial
malarial cachexia
malarial crescent
malarial haemoglobinuria
malarial knobs
malarial mosquito
malarial periodicity
malarial pigment

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