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Webster 1913 Edition


malaria

ma-la′ri-a

,
Noun.
[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.
[Archaic]
☞ 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).

Definition 2024


malária

malária

See also: malaria, Malaria, malària, and malarią

Portuguese

Noun

malária f (plural malárias)

  1. malaria (disease)