different between malaria vs mefloquine

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian malaria, formed from mal- (“bad”) and aria (“air”). Displaced native Old English unlyft (literally “bad air”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m??l??.?i.?/
• Rhymes: -??ri?

Noun

malaria (countable and uncountable, plural malarias)

1. A disease spread by mosquito, in which a protozoan, Plasmodium, multiplies in blood every few days.

   Synonyms: ague, (archaic) paludism

2. (archaic) Supposed poisonous air arising from marshy districts, once thought to cause fever.

   Synonym: miasma

Derived terms

• malarial
• antimalarial

Translations

Further reading

• malaria on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Danish

Etymology

From Italian malaria.

Noun

malaria c (singular definite malariaen, not used in plural form)

1. (medicine) malaria

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ma?la?ria

Noun

malaria f (uncountable)

1. malaria

Finnish

Noun

malaria

1. malaria

Declension

Anagrams

• Maalari, maalari

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.la.?ja/

Noun

malaria f (plural malarias)

1. malaria

Synonyms

• paludisme

Further reading

• “malaria” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• alarmai

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch malaria, from Italian malaria, formed from mal- (“bad”) and aria (“air”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ma?laria?]
• Hyphenation: ma?la?ria

Noun

malaria (first-person possessive malariaku, second-person possessive malariamu, third-person possessive malarianya)

1. (medicine) malaria, a disease spread by mosquito, in which a protozoan, Plasmodium, multiplies in blood every few days.

Further reading

• “malaria” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Interlingua

Noun

malaria (uncountable)

1. malaria

Italian

Etymology

From mal- (“bad”) +? aria (“air”).

Noun

malaria f (plural malarie)

1. (medicine) malaria

Derived terms

• malarico

Anagrams

• alamari

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ma?la.ri.a/, [mä???ä?iä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ma?la.ri.a/, [m??l???i?]

Noun

malaria f (genitive malariae); first declension

1. (New Latin) malaria

Declension

First-declension noun.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Italian mala aria

Noun

malaria m (definite singular malariaen, uncountable)

1. malaria

References

• “malaria” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Italian mala aria

Noun

malaria m (definite singular malariaen, uncountable)

1. malaria

References

• “malaria” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

From Italian malaria

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma?lar?.ja/

Noun

malaria f

1. malaria

Declension

Spanish

Noun

malaria f (plural malarias)

1. malaria

Swahili

Etymology

From English malaria.

Pronunciation

Noun

malaria (n class, plural malaria)

1. malaria

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English malaria.

Noun

malaria

1. malaria

English

Etymology

From me(thyl) (“quinoline derivative”) +? fl(uor)o- +? -quine.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?m?f.l?.kwi?n/, /?m?f.l?k.w?n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?m?f.l?k.w?n/

Noun

mefloquine (uncountable)

1. (pharmacology) An antimalarial drug C₁₇H₁₆F₆N₂O similar to quinine that consists of a fluorinated derivative of quinoline and is used in the form of its hydrochloride for the prevention and treatment of malaria.

References

• “mefloquine”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “mefloquine”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).