~ MAL      in sp BAD  also INFIRMITY  DISEASE
           med> GRAND MAL or MAJOR EPILEPSY
~ MAL~     prefix from lat MALUS = BAD  WRONG
           MALADJUSTED  MALFEASANCE  MALEDICTION
~ MALA     EVIL
           in legal terms MALA FIDE =  IN BAD FAITH
                          MALA IN SE   IMMORAL ACT
                          MALUM IN SE  pl of above
           opp is         BONA FIDE    IN GOOD FAITH
~ MALADE   med> fr for PATIENT or ILL PERSON
~ MALADY   id+ | ILLNESS  see> DISEASE |
~ MALARIA  in ital MAL and ARIA = BAD AIR or
^u         BAD AREA or MIASMA
       id+ MIASMA LINKS IDEAS OF ILL EFFECTS TO MARSHY AREAS
       hx> ROT and ROTTING incl FEVERS WERE ATTRIBUTED TO
           FACTORS or VECTORS ORIGINATING IN HUMID SWAMPS
           perhaps BECAUSE BOGS AND MARSHES GENERATE
                   BAD ODORS DUE TO THE DECAY OF ORGANIC MATTER
                   RESULTING IN METHANE AND OTHER
                   FOUL SMELLING GASES
       med> AN INFECTIOUS DISEASE CAUSED BY PROTOZOA
            PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM or MALARIAE or OVAL or VIVAX
            TRANSMITTED BY BITES OF INFECTED MOSQUITOES
       lat CULEX     = MOSQUITO or GNAT
           MUSCA       FLY
       ukr MUKHA       FLY
       sp  MOSCA       FLY
           MOSQUITO    FLY LIKE
       hx> Drs W GORGAS [#] and Walter REED [#] are honored as
           having contributed to the DISCOVERY OF METHODS TO COMBAT
       MALARIA WHICH REMAINS A MOST SERIOUS PARASITIC DISEASE
       note the WALTER REED MEDICAL CENTER in WASHINGTON DC
            is named in honor this great USA ARMY PHYSICIAN
            such advances made possible for the US
            to undertake the PANAMA CANAL ADVENTURE
~ MALIGN    TO SLANDER  SMEAR  DEFAME  BEFOUL  BESMIRCH
               DISPARAGE  LIBEL  DENIGRATE
~ MALIGNANT    or MALEVOLENT thus EVIL IN NATURE
~ MALIGNANCY   med> MALIGNANT NEOPLASIA or CANCER  

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