malaria en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian malaria, formed from mal- (“bad”) and aria (“air”). Introduced into English by the Scottish geologist John MacCulloch (1773–1835). Displaced native Old English unlyft (literally “bad air”).
Meanings
- (countable, uncountable) A disease spread by mosquito, in which a protozoan, Plasmodium, multiplies in blood every few days.
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(archaic, countable, uncountable) Supposed poisonous air arising from marshy districts, once thought to cause fever.
The doctor had his hands full, as the air was so impregnated with malaria that men who had only landed some twenty-four hours were laid low with this extraordinarily violent type of fever.
1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 149:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| malarias | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
knowlesi malaria · malaria mosquito · malariologist · malarigenous · airport malaria · malariametric · malarioid · malarious · falciparum malaria · malarin · malarial · nonmalaria · metal malaria · antimalarial · malariology · malaria net · vivax malaria · antimalaria
Synonyms
Translations (125)
mn хумхаа (disease) · ig ịba (disease) · fa مالاریا (disease) · tr bataklık humması (disease) · ta மலேரியா (disease) · ckb لەرزوتا (disease) · si මැලේරියාව (disease) · nb malaria (disease) · ja マラリア (disease) · ny malungo (disease) · th ไข้ป้าง (disease) · th ไข้มาลาเรีย (disease) · tg вараҷа (disease) · mg tazo (disease) · ts dzedzedze (disease) · sh маларија (disease) · pa تیئیا (disease) · da malaria (disease) · lo ໄຂ້ຍຸງ (disease) · bua ᠬᠤᠮᠬᠠᠬ᠋ ᠠ (disease) · my ငှက်ဖျား (disease) · nd uqhuqho (disease) · mr हिवताप (disease) · ee asrã (disease) · qu chukchu (disease) · new अउल (disease) · nl malaria (disease) · nhi atonahuistli (disease) · bua хумхаа (disease) · he מָלַרְיָה (disease) · bo འདར་ནད (disease) · sl malarija (disease) · ky безгек (disease) · kk безгек (disease) · mk маларија (disease) · uk малярі́я (disease) · th ไข้ดอกสัก (disease) · yo akọ ibà (disease) · mt malarja (disease) · xal безг (disease) · hy դողէրոցք (disease) · uk лихома́нка (disease) · ccc chukchu (disease) · vi bệnh sốt rét (disease) · fr paludisme (disease) · quc räx tew (disease) · crh sıtma (disease) · tl malarya (disease) · tl pangiki (disease) · gu ટાઢિયો તાવ (disease) · om busaa (disease) · lo ໄຂ້ປ່າ (disease) · ko 말라리아 (disease) · ne औलो (disease) · bg малария (disease) · ms malaria (disease) · th ไข้จับสั่น (disease) · tr sıtma (disease) · fi malaria (disease) · uz bezgak (disease) · ru маляри́я (disease) · sv malaria (disease) · af malaria (disease) · hy մալարիա (disease) · ml മലമ്പനി (disease) · is malaría (disease) · ur باری کا بخار (disease) · sh malarija (disease) · th ไข้ร้อนเย็น (disease) · ady техьагъу (disease) · mi eku (disease) · pt maleita (disease) · ko 학질 (disease) · be маляры́я (disease) · tr malarya (disease) · cy malaria (disease) · es malaria (disease) · ar مَلَارِيَا (disease) · nn malaria (disease) · mr शीतज्वर (disease) · zu umalaleveva (disease) · quc chʼaqiʼ tew (disease) · uk пропа́сниця (disease) · hu malária (disease) · kmr lerzeta (disease) · pt paludismo (disease) · niq es (disease) · sw malaria (disease) · kbp wɩsɩ kʋdɔŋ (disease) · mr मलेरिया (disease) · id malaria (disease) · din mayoŋ (disease) · fr malaria (disease) · cmn 瘧疾 /疟疾 (disease) · vo malar (disease) · cs malárie (disease) · hi सविराम ज्वर (disease) · pl malaria (disease) · gu મલેરિયા (disease) · th ไข้ป่า (disease) · es paludismo (disease) · hi मलेरिया (disease) · alt калтырак оору (disease) · el ελονοσία (disease) · eo malario (disease) · pa ਤੇਈਆ (disease) · de Malaria (disease) · sat ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱤ ᱨᱩᱣᱟᱹ (disease) · ak atiridii (disease) · chr ᏓᎶᏂᎨ ᎠᏓᏗᏞᎲᏍᎬ (disease) · eo marĉofebro (disease) · wo sibbiru (disease) · tr humma (disease) · ca malària (disease) · mn ᠬᠤᠮᠬᠠᠭᠠ (disease) · ka მალარია (disease) · ro malarie (disease) · fi horkka (disease) · lt maliarija (disease) · ang unlyft (disease) · tpw karasy (disease) · pt malária (disease) · km ជំងឺគ្រុនចាញ់ (disease) · tg табдард (disease) · ur ملیریا (disease)