Synonyms for malaria
məˈlɛər i əmalar·i·a

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:2.0 / 17 votes

1. malarianoun

   Synonyms:
   ague

2. malarianoun

   A disease spread by mosquito, in which a protozoan, Plasmodium, multiplies in blood every few days.

   Synonyms:
   ague

Princeton's WordNet

1. malarianoun

   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

Matched Categories

1. • Protozoal Infection

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. malarianoun

   Synonyms:
   miasma, miasm, noxious exhalation, bad air

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. malarianoun

   Synonyms:
   miasma, miasm, fever and ague

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "malaria":

   malarial, anti-malaria, malaria-free, antimalarial

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. malaria

   Synonyms:
   Paludal fever, paludism

2. malaria

   Synonyms:
   mal aria Italian, bad air, ague, jungle fever, marsh fever, paludism, Roman fever, swamp fever (in part)

How to pronounce malaria?

How to say malaria in sign language?

Words popularity by usage frequency

How to use malaria in a sentence?

1. Jos Lelieveld:

   The total number of deaths due to HIV and malaria is 2.8 million per year, that's half a million less than the number of people who die from air pollution globally.

2. Franck Langevin:

   It is a simple and affordable weapon in the fight against malaria.

3. Dominic Kwiatkowski:

   We can now say, unequivocally, that genetic variations in this region of the human genome provide strong protection against severe malaria in real-world settings, making a difference to whether a child lives or dies.

4. Jake Baum:

   The malaria parasite is one of the very ancient parasites, it's a very complicated creature : it can change its shape, it can change its biology, and that makes it much harder to develop new drugs and new therapeutics.

5. Alistair Robb:

   We're no longer seeing a decrease in malaria as we were over the past few years, this is a concern.