infectious disease transmitted by mosquitoes (characterized by attacks of chills, fever and sweating)
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Malaria Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
Malaria Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(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.
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.
(n.)
A morbid condition produced by exhalations from decaying vegetable matter in contact with moisture, giving rise to fever and ague and many other symptoms characterized by their tendency to recur at definite and usually uniform intervals.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutA morbid condition produced by exhalations from decaying vegetable matter in contact with moisture, giving rise to fever and ague and many other symptoms characterized by their tendency to recur at definite and usually uniform intervals.
malaria
\ma*la"ri*a\ (?), n. [it., contr. fr. malaaria bad air. see malice, and air.]
1. 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.
note: the morbific agent in malaria is supposed by some to be a vegetable microbe or its spores, and by others to be a very minute animal blood parasite (an infusorian).
2. (med.) a morbid condition produced by exhalations from decaying vegetable matter in contact with moisture, giving rise to fever and ague and many other symptoms characterized by their tendency to recur at definite and usually uniform intervals. [
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malaria parasite
A fever characterized by alternating chills, fever, and sweating.
Noun
1. 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
(hypernym) protozoal infection
(hyponym) blackwater fever
(part-meronym) ague, chills and fever
Malaria Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries
A human disease caused by a single-celled protozoan parasite called Plasmodium. This disease is carried and spread by mosquitoes of the genus Anopheles. (See: Vector)
Malaria Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease of humans and other animals caused by eukaryotic protists (a type of microorganism) of the genus Plasmodium. The protists act as parasites within red blood cells, causing symptoms that typically include fever and headache, in severe cases progressing to coma or death. The disease is widespread in tropical and subtropical regions in a broad band around the equator, including much of Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, and the Americas.
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Malaria! was an experimental electronic band from Berlin formed in 1981 by Gudrun Gut and Bettina Köster (Bettina Koster) following the dissolution of Mania D with Karin Luner, Eva Gossling later Die Krupps and Beate Bartel (of Liaisons Dangereuses). Other members included Manon P. Duursma, Christine Hahn, and Susanne Kuhnke (also a member of Die Haut). They are most often associated with Neue Deutsche Welle and post-punk.
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Malaria Definition from Medicine Dictionaries & Glossaries
Infectious disease involving many million of people, caused by the protozoan parasite Plasmodium transmitted by the sting of the Anopheles mosquito or by a contaminated needle or transfusion. The name comes from the Italian mal'aria for bad air; the disease was thought due to bad air wafting from the swamps. Among the many names for malaria: are ague, jungle fever, marsh or swamp fever, and paludism.
