malaria
/məˈleərɪə/noun
mass noun
1- an intermittent and remittent fever caused by a protozoan parasite which invades the red blood cells and is transmitted by mosquitoes in many tropical and subtropical regions疟疾。
1.1
- The parasite belongs to the genus Plasmodium (phylum Sporozoa) and is transmitted by female mosquitos of the genus Anopheles.该寄生虫为疟原虫属（孢子虫门）, 由按蚊属雌蚊传播。
派生词
malarial
adjectivemalarian
adjectivemalarious
adjective词源
mid 18th cent.: from Italian， from mal'aria, contracted form of mala aria 'bad air'. The term originally denoted the unwholesome atmosphere caused by the exhalations of marshes， to which the disease was formerly attributed.