malaria
noun/məˈleəriə/
/məˈleriə/
[uncountable]- a serious disease that causes a high temperature and shivering (= shaking of the body) caused by the bite of some types of mosquito
- An increasing number of malaria cases are reported each year.
- Malaria is transmitted by mosquitoes.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- severe
- have
- suffer from
- catch
- …
- case
- mosquito
- parasite
- …
Word Originmid 18th cent.: from Italian, from mal'aria, contracted form of mala aria ‘bad air’. The term originally denoted the unhealthy atmosphere caused by marshes, to which the disease was formerly attributed.Want to learn more?
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