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malarial

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ma·lar·i·a  (m-lâr-)
n.
1. An infectious disease characterized by cycles of chills, fever, and sweating, caused by a protozoan of the genus Plasmodium in red blood cells, which is transmitted to humans by the bite of an infected female anopheles mosquito.
2. Archaic Bad or foul air; miasma.
[Italian, from mala aria, bad air : mala, feminine of malo, bad (from Latin malus; see mel-3 in Indo-European roots) + aria, air (from Latin r, from Greek; see wer-1 in Indo-European roots).]
ma·lari·al, ma·lari·an, ma·lari·ous adj.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.malarial - of or infected by or resembling malariamalarial - of or infected by or resembling malaria; "malarial fever"
Translations
malarial [məˈlɛərɪəl] ADJ → palúdico
malarial
adj → Malaria-
malarial [məˈlɛərɪəl] adj → malarico/a
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