malariousadj.
/məˈlɛːrɪəs/, U.S. /məˈlɛriəs/ 1. = malarial adj.
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1834 J. Forbes et al. Cycl. Pract. Med. III. 61/1 Jungle-fever is as common a name for malarious disease in southern latitudes as marsh-fever is in Europe.
1861 E. A. Beaufort Egypt. Sepulchres I. vii. 153 Deadly the fever of the malarious plain on which the little town stands.
1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. II. 1085 If..the patient [is]..neither malarious, anæmic nor scorbutic.
1944 Living off Land: Man. Bushcraft v. 112 Mediterranean countries are all more or less malarious.
1990 Internat. Jrnl. Epidemiol. 19 777/2 Children who have had blood transfusions, for example for malarious anaemia, ..will have a higher mortality.
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1863 Spectator 18 July 2266/1 The turbid malarious exhalations of visionary excitement.
1870 J. R. Lowell Among my Bks. 1st Ser. 341 In judging Rousseau, it would be unfair not to take note of the malarious atmosphere in which he grew up.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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