malaria
pronunciation
How to pronounce malaria in British English:
UK [məˈleəriə]
How to pronounce malaria in American English:
US [məˈleriə]
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- 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
Word Origin
- malaria
- malaria: [18] The original English term for an ‘attack of malarial fever’ was ague. The word malaria did not come on the scene until the mid- 18th century. It was borrowed from Italian mal’aria, a conflation of mala aria, literally ‘bad air’. This was an allusion to the former belief that malaria was caused by foul air, and particularly by vapours given off by swamps.=> air, malign
- malaria (n.)
- 1740, from Italian mal'aria, from mala aria, literally "bad air," from mala "bad" (fem. of malo, from Latin malus; see mal-) + aria "air" (see air (n.1)). Probably first used by Italian physician Francisco Torti (1658-1741). The disease, now known to be mosquito-borne, once was thought to be caused by foul air in marshy districts. Replaced native ague.
Example
- 1. Hmm , which is more important , connectivity or malaria vaccine ?
- 2. Mr gates is only malaria 's latest adversary .
- 3. The effects of warming on avian malaria were not universal .
- 4. Malaria has a fascinating history .
- 5. Not all mosquitoes carry malaria .