Definitions for: Malaria


[n] 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



Webster (1913) Definition: Ma*la"ri*a, n. [It., contr. fr. malaaria bad air. See
Malice, and Air.]
1. Air infected with some noxious substance capable of
engendering disease; esp., an unhealthy exhalation from
certain soils, as marshy or wet lands, producing fevers;
miasma.

Note: The morbific agent in malaria is supposed by some to be
a vegetable microbe or its spores, and by others to be
a very minute animal blood parasite (an infusorian).

2. (Med.) A morbid condition produced by exhalations from
decaying vegetable matter in contact with moisture, giving
rise to fever and ague and many other symptoms
characterized by their tendency to recur at definite and
usually uniform intervals.

See Also: ague, blackwater fever, chills and fever, jungle fever, protozoal infection

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