NOUN | state | malaria | an infective disease caused by sporozoan parasites that are transmitted through the bite of an infected Anopheles mosquito |
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Sounds | mahleh'riyah | |
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Rhymes | Abyssinia ... zinnia: 217 rhymes with iyah... |
Meaning | 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. | |
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Parts | ague, chills and fever | successive stages / stages of chills and fever that is a symptom of malaria |
Narrower | blackwater fever | severe and often fatal malaria characterized by kidney damage resulting in dark urine |
jungle fever | severe form of malaria occurring in tropical regions | |
Broader | protozoal infection | Any infection caused by a protozoan |
Spanish | malaria, paludismo | |
Catalan | malària, paludisme | |
Adjectives | malarial | of or infected by or resembling malaria |
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