04-08-2002, 04:55 AM
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Tired Sloth
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Join Date: Mar 2001
Posts: 6,217
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Yeah, I just got confused with the two.
ma·lar·i·a Pronunciation Key (m-lâr-)
n.
1. An infectious disease characterized by cycles of chills, fever, and sweating, caused by a protozoan of the genus Plasmodium in red blood cells, which is transmitted to humans by the bite of an infected female anopheles mosquito.
2. Archaic. Bad or foul air; miasma. |
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