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Webster 1913 Edition


Malarious

{

Ma-la′ri-al

,

Ma-la′ri-an

,

Ma-la′ri-ous

}
,
Adj.
Of or pertaining, to or infected by, malaria.
Malarial fever
(Med.)
,
a fever produced by malaria, and characterized by the occurrence of chills, fever, and sweating in distinct paroxysms, At intervals of definite and often uniform duration, in which these symptoms are wholly absent (intermittent fever), or only partially so (remittent fever); fever and ague; chills and fever.

Definition 2024


malarious

malarious

English

Adjective

malarious (comparative more malarious, superlative most malarious)

  1. Causing or relating to malaria.
    • 2007 March 1, Lawrence K. Altman, “Project Curbs Malaria in Ugandan Group”, in New York Times:
      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.