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Meaning of Malaria | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
məˈlɛəɹi.ə

Definitions

  1. A disease spread by mosquito, in which a protozoan, Plasmodium, multiplies in blood every few days.
    countable, uncountable
  2. Supposed poisonous air arising from marshy districts, once thought to cause fever.
    archaic, countable, uncountable

Equivalents

བོད་སྐད འདར་ནད
Català malària
Čeština malárie
Deutsch Malaria
Ελληνικά ελονοσία μαλάρια
Esperanto malario marĉofebro
Español malaria paludismo
فارسی مالاریا
Suomi horkka malaria
Français malaria paludisme
ગુજરાતી મલેરિયા
עברית מלריה
हिन्दी मलेरिया
Bahasa Indonesia malaria
Íslenska malaría
Italiano malaria
日本語 マラリア
ქართული მალარია
Қазақша безгек
한국어 말라리아 학질
Malagasy tazo
Македонски маларија
မြန်မာဘာသာ ငှက်ဖျား
नेपाली औलो
Nederlands malaria
Polski ciągota febra malaria zimnica
Română malarie
Русский малярия
Slovenščina malarija
Српски malarija маларија
Svenska malaria
Kiswahili malaria
தமிழ் மலேரியா
Tagalog malarya
اردو ملیریا

Examples

“The doctor had his hands full, as the air was so impregnated with malaria that men who had only landed some twenty-four hours were laid low with this extraordinarily violent type of fever.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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