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Topic: ILLNESS AND DISABILITY

Date: 1700-1800
Language: Italian
Origin: mala aria 'bad air'; because it was believed that the disease came from gases rising from wet land

malaria

 noun
     
ma‧lar‧i‧a [uncountable]
MI a disease that is common in hot countries and that you get when a type of mosquito bites you
—malarial adjective:
malarial fever
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