单词 | malaria |
释义 | malaria n.   1. an intermittent and remittent fever caused by a protozoan parasite of the genus Plasmodium, introduced by the bite of a mosquito.   2. archaic an unwholesome atmosphere caused by the exhalations of marshes, to which this fever was formerly attributed. Derivatives malarial adj. malarian adj. malarious adj. Etymology: It. mal' aria bad air |
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