MALARIA

(Lat.), n. f. Mal(mal)-a(a)'ri9-a. Fr., m. Ger. Af. It., aria cattiva (1st def.), m. 1. Air tainted by deleterious emanations from animal or vegetable matter, especially noxious exhalations of marshy districts, capable of causing fever or other disease. [D, 20J 2. See Malarial FEVER. Animal m. A m. (1st def.) given off by putrefying animal matter. [D, 20.] [s. 698]