malaria

  • 21malaria — 1740, from It. mal aria, from mala aria, lit. bad air, from mala bad (fem. of malo, from L. malus; see MAL (Cf. mal )) + aria air (see AIR (Cf. air) (n.1)). Probably first used by Italian ph …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 22malaria — {{/stl 13}}{{stl 8}}rz. ż IIb, blm {{/stl 8}}{{stl 7}} choroba zakaźna wywoływana zarazkami przenoszonymi przez komara widliszka, charakteryzująca się powtarzającymi się atakami dreszczy i napadami wysokiej temperatury, która potem ulega… …

    Langenscheidt Polski wyjaśnień

  • 23malaria — sustantivo femenino 1. (no contable) Área: medicina Paludismo. 2. Uso/registro: coloquial. Origen: Argentina, Uruguay. Pobreza extrema. 3 …

    Diccionario Salamanca de la Lengua Española

  • 24malaria — ► NOUN ▪ a disease characterized by recurrent attacks of fever, caused by a blood parasite transmitted by mosquitoes in tropical and subtropical regions. DERIVATIVES malarial adjective. ORIGIN from Italian mala aria bad air (the disease was… …

    English terms dictionary

  • 25malaria — [mə ler′ē ə] n. [It, contr. < mala aria, bad air: see MAL & ARIA] 1. Archaic unwholesome or poisonous air, as from marshy ground; miasmaunwholesome or poisonous air, as from marshy ground; miasma 2. [from the former notion that it was caused… …

    English World dictionary

  • 26Malaria — Klassifikation nach ICD 10 B50 Malaria tropica durch Plasmodium falciparum B51 Malaria tertiana durch Plasmodium vivax …

    Deutsch Wikipedia

  • 27Malaria — Paludisme Classifications CIM du Paludisme Classification et ressources externes CIM 10 B50 à B54 CIM 9 084 (84.0 à 84.9) …

    Wikipédia en Français

  • 28malaria — malarial, malarian, malarious, adj. /meuh lair ee euh/, n. 1. Pathol. any of a group of diseases, usually intermittent or remittent, characterized by attacks of chills, fever, and sweating: formerly supposed to be due to swamp exhalations but now …

    Universalium

  • 29Malaria — Sumpffieber; Wechselfieber * * * Ma|la|ria 〈f.; ; unz.; Med.〉 endemisch auftretende Infektionskrankheit, die durch einzellige Lebewesen im Blut (Plasmodien) hervorgerufen wird; Sy kaltes Fieber, Wechselfieber (2), Sumpffieber, Tropenfieber; →a.… …

    Universal-Lexikon

  • 30Malaria — An infectious disease caused by protozoan parasites from the Plasmodium family that can be transmitted by the sting of the Anopheles mosquito or by a contaminated needle or transfusion. Falciparum malaria is the most deadly type. The symptoms of… …

    Medical dictionary