ma‧lar‧i‧a /məˈleəriə $ -ˈler-/
noun [uncountable][
Date: 1700-1800;
Language: Italian;
Origin: mala aria 'bad air'; because it was believed that the disease came from gases rising from wet land]
a disease that is common in hot countries and that you get when a type of
mosquito bites you
—malarial adjective:
malarial fever [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲