malaria

  • 71malaria mosquito — noun Any of the closely related, malaria spreading mosquitos of the genus Anopheles, especially Anopheles gambiae …

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  • 72Malaria, falciparum — The most dangerous type of malaria caused by a parasite that is highly resistant to most anti malarial drugs. Complications can include coma, jaundice, renal failure, hypoglycemia, acidosis, severe anemia, high parasite count, and hyperpyrexia.… …

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  • 73malaria mosquito — noun transmits the malaria parasite • Syn: ↑malarial mosquito • Hypernyms: ↑mosquito • Member Holonyms: ↑Anopheles, ↑genus Anopheles * * * noun see …

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  • 74malaria germ — noun : malaria parasite …

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  • 75malaria — noun Etymology: Italian, from mala aria bad air Date: 1740 1. archaic air infected with a noxious substance capable of causing disease; especially miasma 2. a. a human disease that is caused by sporozoan parasites (genus Plasmodium) in the red… …

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  • 76MALARIA — n. f. Nom italien de la fièvre paludéenne …

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  • 77malaria — In humans, the set of diseases caused by infection by protozoans of the genus Plasmodium. P. vivax causes the tertian type, P. malariae the quartan type and P. falciparum the quotidian or irregular type of disease, the names referring to the… …

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  • 78malaria — noun A disease spread by mosquito, in which a protozoan, Plasmodium, multiplies in blood every few days. Syn: ague …

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  • 79malaria —   a fever caused by a single cell parasite. It is borne by certain species of mosquito and transferred to humans by mosquito bite. In many warm, tropical areas of the world it is endemic. Although its range has diminished, global warming… …

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  • 80malaria — pop. Infortunio, mala suerte// drog. Escasez de drogas …

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