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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
malaria
mal·aria [malaria malarias] BrE [məˈleəriə] NAmE [məˈleriə] noun uncountable
a disease that causes fever and shivering (= shaking of the body) caused by the bite of some types of ↑mosquito
Derived Word: ↑malarial
Word Origin:
mid 18th cent.: from Italian, from mal'aria, contracted form of mala aria ‘bad air’. The term originally denoted the unhealthy atmosphere caused by marshes, to which the disease was formerly attributed.
Example Bank:
•An increasing number of malaria cases are reported each year.
•Malaria is transmitted by mosquitoes.
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