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MALARIAL
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or infected by or resembling malaria
Example:
malarial fever
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
malaria (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)
Derivation:
malaria (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)