Definitions for malaria

malaria ma·lar·i·a

Spelling: [muh-lair-ee-uh]
IPA: /məˈlɛər i ə/

Malaria is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 112 anagrams from letters in malaria (aaailmr).

Definitions for malaria

noun

  1. Pathology. 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 known to be caused by a parasitic protozoan, which is transferred to the human bloodstream by a mosquito of the genus Anopheles and which occupies and destroys red blood cells.
  2. Archaic. unwholesome or poisonous air.

Origin of malaria

1730-40; Italian, contraction of mala aria bad air

Examples for malaria

The malaria has got hold of me again, and the doctor says I must go out at once.

Jenkin suffered a little from malaria, but of a different origin. '

A shocking statistic among many is that, on average, one person dies of malaria there every 30 seconds.

malaria, which is spread my mosquitoes, has also been on the rise since the camp was flooded.

The malaria of the swamps attacked him, and he died within a few days.

With less than a dozen toilets in the entire community, poor sanitation fuels high rates of malaria and lethal cases of diarrhea.

She had died of the malaria, and her funeral could not be long delayed.

She says the nurses have done some tests and say her daughter has malaria.

The climate is tropical, and malaria, with its fever and ague, is prevalent.

Kids suffering from malaria or extreme diarrhea are now too often left without medical care.

Word Value for malaria
Scrable

9

Words with friends

11

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