MALARIAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does malarial mean? 

• MALARIAL (adjective)
  The adjective MALARIAL has 1 sense:

1. of or infected by or resembling malaria

  Familiarity information: MALARIAL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MALARIAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or infected by or resembling malaria

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

malarial fever

Pertainym:

malaria (an infective disease caused by sporozoan parasites that are transmitted through the bite of an infected Anopheles mosquito; marked by paroxysms of chills and fever)

Derivation:

malaria (an infective disease caused by sporozoan parasites that are transmitted through the bite of an infected Anopheles mosquito; marked by paroxysms of chills and fever)

 Context examples 

Due to premature destruction of erythrocytes in the spleen or peripheral vessels; commonly associated with glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiencies, splenomegaly, and malarial or other infections.

(Hemolytic Anemia, NIH CRISP Thesaurus)

A synthetic derivative of quinolyl with chemotherapeutic and antibiotic properties, Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate acts against erythrocytic malarial parasites (Plasmodium vivax, ovale, and malariae) by concentrating in food vacuoles.

(Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate, NCI Thesaurus)

A water-soluble, semi-synthetic derivative of the sesquiterpine lactone artemisinin with anti-malarial, anti-shistosomiasis, antiviral, and potential anti-neoplastic activities.

(Artesunate, NCI Thesaurus)

Genetic polymorphisms are associated with the extent of malarial rosetting, and can confer protection against severe malaria.

(CR1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

A sesquiterpene lactone peroxide and dimerized plant product derived from Artemisia annua L with anti-malarial, anti-proliferative and anti-angiogenic effects.

(Artemisinin Dimer, NCI Thesaurus)

Classically, anti-malarial drugs tend to focus on one part of the parasite lifecycle i.e. when people’s blood is infected and they need treatment.

(New way to stop falciparum malaria transmission, SciDev.Net)

From the man's distorted body and twisted mind, in occult ways, like mists rising from malarial marshes, came emanations of the unhealth within.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

An ingredient commonly found in toothpaste could be employed as an anti-malarial drug against strains of malaria parasite that have grown resistant to one of the currently-used drugs.

(Toothpaste ingredient may help fight drug-resistant malaria, University of Cambridge)

It was first announced as a preclinical development candidate in 2012, and in 2014, it was the first new anti-malarial candidate to enter phase I human studies in Africa when clinical trials began at the UCT Clinical Research Centre.

(Antimalarial candidate holds promise as a single dose, SciDev.Net)