Malaria

[mə'leərɪə] or [mə'lɛrɪə]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) 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.

校對:利昂--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) 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.

(n.) 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.

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同義詞及近義詞：

n. Miasma, miasm, noxious exhalation, bad air.

校對:沃尔多

解釋/意思:

n. the poisonous air arising from marshy districts producing fever &c.: miasma: the fever so caused.—adjs. Malā′rious Malā′rial Malā′rian.

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