English noun: malaria | |||
1. | malaria (state) 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 | ||
Broader (hypernym) | protozoal infection | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | blackwater fever, jungle fever | ||
Part holonym | ague, chills and fever | ||