malaria
A disease spread by mosquito, in which a protozoan, Plasmodium, multiplies in blood…A disease spread by mosquito, in which a protozoan, Plasmodium, multiplies in blood every few days.
» Malaria is carried by mosquitoes.
Malaria wird von Moskitos übertragen.
Комарі переносять малярію.
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)A disease spread by mosquito, in which a protozoan, Plasmodium, multiplies in blood every few days.
Malaria
маляри́яmaljaríja
малярі́яmaljaríja, пропа́сницяpropásnycja, лихома́нкаlyxománka
(archaic, countable, uncountable)Supposed poisonous air arising from marshy districts, once thought to cause fever.
- 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
Examples
34 sentencesMalaria is carried by mosquitoes.
Комарі переносять малярію.
deMalaria wird von Moskitos übertragen.
He contracted malaria while living in the jungle.
ruОн подхватил малярию, когда жил в джунглях.
deEr bekam Malaria, als er im Dschungel lebte.
Malaria is a disease that mosquitoes carry.
ruМалярия — это болезнь, переносимая комарами.
deMalaria ist eine Krankheit, die von Moskitos übertragen wird.
Tom has malaria.
How can malaria be contained?
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Italian malaria, formed from mal- (“bad”) and aria (“air”). Introduced intoBorrowed from Italian malaria, formed from mal- (“bad”) and aria (“air”). Introduced into English by the Scottish geologist John MacCulloch (1773–1835). Displaced native Old English unlyft (literally “bad air”).
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Forms
plural: malariasSynonyms
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1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable