malaria
nounHow many syllables in malaria?
There are 4 syllables in the word malaria.How to pronounce malaria:
Definition of malaria:
- malaria (noun):
- 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.
- a human disease that is caused by sporozoan parasites (genus plasmodium) in the red blood cells, is transmitted by the bite of anopheline mosquitoes, and is characterized by periodic attacks of chills and fever
Synonyms for malaria:
ague
blackwater fever
jungle fever
protozoal infection
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- lobotomy
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- limitable
- limicolous
- lifelessness
- librarians
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- legitimate
- legislation
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- koinonia
- knuckleheaded
- kinematics
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- iterative
- italicise
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- iscariot
- irremeable
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- intolerance
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