malārija

See also: malarija and malārijā

Latvian

Malārijas plazmodiji

Etymology

Via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from Italian mala aria (“bad air”).

Noun

malārija f (4th declension)

  1. malaria (a disease characterized by fever attacks, caused by a parasitic protozoan, Plasmodium sp., spread by mosquitoes)
    malārijas plazmodiji ― malaria Plasmodium parasites
    malārijas odi, malārijodi ― malaria mosquitoes (Anopheles)
    kā zināms, pēc dizentērijas malārija ir visvairāk izplatītā tropiskā slimība ― as is well known, malaria is the most widespread tropical disease after dysentery

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