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malariae malaria

noun ma·lar·i·ae malaria \mə-ˈler-ē-(ˌ)ē-\

Medical Definition of MALARIAE MALARIA

:  malaria caused by a malaria parasite (Plasmodium malariae) and marked by recurrence of paroxysms at 72-hour intervals—called also quartan malaria

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