malarial

English

Etymology

From malaria +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /məˈlɛəɹi.əl/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /məˈlɛɹi.əl/
• Rhymes: -ɛəɹiəl

Adjective

malarial (not comparable)

1. Of, relating to, or infected by malaria.
   • 2019, Chigozie Obioma, An Orchestra of Minorities, Abacus (2019), page 409:

     His whole constitution was that of an emaciated, suffering man, malarial and gaunt.

Derived terms

• antimalarial
• malarial catarrhal fever
• malarial fever
• malarially
• nonmalarial
• postmalarial
• typhomalarial

Translations

of, relating to, or infected by malaria

Portuguese: palúdico, malárico Romanian: malaric (ro) m or n, paludic (ro) m or n Spanish: palúdico (es)

Noun

malarial (plural malarials)

1. A person who has malaria.