malarious
- adjective
- /məˈlɛrɪəs/
- Archaic
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malarico
- Traveling through a malarious region requires taking precautions to avoid mosquito bites.
- malarious area
Who's going to make the decision to put release these mosquitoes in Brazil or in Africa or malarious or Asia?
- Who's going to make the decision to put release these mosquitoes in Brazil or in Africa or malarious or Asia?
Examples
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In all seven countries under study, a comparison of adults born before and after eradication shows larger socioeconomic gains in areas of the countries that were previously more malarious.
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On the board's recommendations, scientists conducted field tests (on a man in a malarious region without inducing malaria) of drugs that had passed the clinical trials.
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No, leave the malarious, just follow me.
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Troops fought on and occupied malarious islands without becoming malaria casualties.
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As the only liquid preparation available for parents to give to their children when visiting malarious areas that remain chloroquine sensitive, it means the oral tablet chloroquine will need to be used instead.
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We report a randomised double-blind trial of the SPf66 vaccine conducted in Karen children aged 2-15 living in a malarious region of northwestern Thailand.
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Every telephone triage operator should take a travel history from those presenting with diarrhoea and/or vomiting and know where to refer if a traveller has a fever following travel in a falciparum malarious area.
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Doctors recommend malaria tests for anyone returning from malarious areas to prevent outbreaks.
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The malarious conditions in the swampy lowlands made it a breeding ground for mosquitoes.
Synonyms
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Relating to the disease malaria, for example a fever or infection
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Etymology
The word malarious comes from malaria, which comes from the Italian words mala and aria meaning 'bad' and 'air'. People once thought 'bad air' from swamps caused the illness, so a malarious place is one where malaria is common or likely.