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malaria

/məˈlɛəɹi.ə/noun4 syllables

Malaria means: 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.

Synonyms for malaria2

also used for malaria

ague, paludism

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What does malaria mean?1

noun

1

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

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with malaria?3

three syllables

area

four syllables

bulgariahysteria
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Malaria in a sentence

  • The onset of malaria is marked by nausea, vomiting, fever, chills, and headache._undertoad
  • He contracted malaria while living in the jungle.CK
  • I have made it my life's mission to eradicate malaria.mailohilohi
  • A concerted effort is required to eradicate malaria in the country.mailohilohi
  • Significant progress has been made in the fight against malaria.sundown
  • Hunger kills more people every year than AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis combined.Chrikaru
  • The heightened malaria risk fell within five kilometers of a dam’s perimeter, the study said.Cangarejo
  • Malaria is a disease that mosquitoes carry.CK

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Forms of malaria

as a noun

plural
malarias