malarious

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Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
14
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/məˈlɛəɹi.əs/
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/məˈlɛəɹi.əs/ · /məˈlɛɹi.əs/

Definition of malarious

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. With malaria; where people may catch malaria.
    “In spite of quinine, the men sickened day by day. Many of them, fine, strong, active fellows, who had never known what a day's sickness meant, went down before the malarious mist that gathered in the jungles.”
    “Dr. Abrams, the Columbia expert, said in an interview that the Uganda findings had additional implications for treating H.I.V.-infected children in malarious areas.”
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adj

  1. With malaria; where people may catch malaria.
    “In spite of quinine, the men sickened day by day. Many of them, fine, strong, active fellows, who had never known what a day's sickness meant, went down before the malarious mist that gathered in the jungles.”
    “Dr. Abrams, the Columbia expert, said in an interview that the Uganda findings had additional implications for treating H.I.V.-infected children in malarious areas.”
  2. Causing or relating to malaria.

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Etymology

From malaria + -ous.

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