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"Malaria" Definition

noun

An infectious disease characterized by cycles of chills, fever, and sweating, caused by a protozoan of the genus Plasmodium in red blood cells, which is transmitted to humans by the bite of an infected female anopheles mosquito.
Archaic Bad or foul air; miasma.
Air infected with a noxious substance capable of causing disease.
A human disease that is caused by sporozoan parasites (genus ) in the red blood cells, is transmitted by the bite of anopheline mosquitoes, and is characterized by periodic attacks of chills and fever.
Any of various diseases of birds and mammals caused by blood protozoans.

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