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m-uh-LAIRR-ee-uh/məˈleəriə/

Malaria is a serious disease spread by mosquito bites, especially in some tropical regions: malaria risk; a malaria net. Fever is a symptom, not the disease. Map malaria against standing water. Mix-up: malaise is vague unease (already elsewhere); mall is a shopping centre (already in the dictionary). Do not call every tropical fever malaria without a named pathogen or source.

Meaning

A serious disease spread by mosquito bites, common in some tropical regions.

Examples

• “The geography paper maps malaria risk against standing water, not a slogan.”
• “A malaria net featured in the development case study, which is the prevention sense.”

Good to know

malaria risk / net / vaccine. Vector: mosquito. Trap: malaise / mall. Geography and health. A named disease, not “feeling off”.

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