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IELTS BNC: 12432 COCA: 9136

malaria

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malaria /məˈlerijə/ noun
malaria
/məˈlerijə/
noun
Learner's definition of MALARIA
[noncount] medical
: a serious disease that causes chills and fever and that is passed from one person to another by the bite of mosquitoes疟疾

— malarial

/məˈlerijəl/ adjective
IELTS BNC: 12432 COCA: 9136

malaria

noun

ma·​lar·​ia mə-ˈler-ē-ə How to pronounce malaria (audio)
1
a
: a human disease that is caused by sporozoan parasites (genus Plasmodium) in the red blood cells, is transmitted by the bite of anopheline mosquitoes, and is characterized by periodic attacks of chills and fever
b
: any of various diseases of birds and mammals caused by blood protozoans
2
archaic : air infected with a noxious substance capable of causing disease
especially : miasma
malarial adjective
malarious adjective

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web For comparison, there are normally far more cases of malaria, also from mosquitoes, and Lyme disease from ticks, according to state statistics. Meredith Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 25 Aug. 2022 Cases of malaria and other waterborne illnesses surged. Washington Post, 20 Apr. 2022 Standing water can act as breeding sites for mosquitoes that carry dengue fever and malaria. Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2022 He has been involved with diagnosing and treating infectious diseases including AIDS, respiratory infections and malaria. Talal Ansari, WSJ, 15 June 2022 Many organizations are more interested in communicable diseases such as HIV or malaria than [in] mental illness. Adie Vanessa Offiong, CNN, 2 June 2022 The smoke and smog from those engines and appliances directly kill nine million people a year, more deaths than those caused by war and terrorism, not to mention malaria and tuberculosis, together. The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2022 At the mission station and in their forest settlements, many grew sick and died from flu and malaria. New York Times, 16 Mar. 2022 Researchers have also warned that even if Covid-19 cases fall to lower levels, the disease is still likely to cause thousands of deaths annually, not unlike other endemic illnesses such as malaria and tuberculosis. John Lauerman, Bloomberg.com, 11 Mar. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Italian, from mala aria bad air

First Known Use

1740, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Time Traveler
The first known use of malaria was in 1740
IELTS BNC: 12432 COCA: 9136
malaria

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + MALARIA | MALARIA + NOUN ADJECTIVEsevere重症瘧疾VERB + MALARIAhave15/AmE>20 :pooler-->, suffer from得瘧疾;患瘧疾catch, contract染上瘧疾carry, transmit傳播瘧疾Malaria is transmitted by mosquitoes.瘧疾是由蚊子傳播的。treat治療瘧疾prevent預防瘧疾control, eradicate控制/消滅瘧疾MALARIA + NOUNcase瘧疾病例An increasing number of malaria cases are reported each year.上報的瘧疾病例數目逐年增多。mosquito, parasite瘧蚊;瘧原蟲vaccine瘧疾疫苗transmission瘧疾傳播control瘧疾控制 topic at illness

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