~ MAL   id+ | lat for EVIL  BAD |
        implies INFIRMITY
                DISEASE
        med> GRAND MAL or MAJOR EPILEPSY
~ MAL~  prefix from
        lat MALUS        = BAD  WRONG as in
        eng MALADROIT      CLUMSY
            MALFEASANCE    MISDEED
            MALEDICTION    CONDEMNATION
        sp  MALDECIR       EVIL and
               DECIR       SPEAK
~ MALA  sp  EVIL as in in legal terms
        lat MALA FIDE =  IN BAD FAITH
            MALA IN SE   IMMORAL ACT
            MALUM IN SE  pl of above
                         note opp
            BONA FIDE    for IN GOOD FAITH
~ MALADE    med> fr for PATIENT or ILL PERSON
~ MALDECIR  in sp TO CURSE
~ MALADY    id+ | ILLNESS  see> DISEASE |
~ MALARIA   from MAL and ARIA for BAD AIR or
^u          BAD AREA or note
     id+ | MIASMA | which links ideas of the
     ILL EFFECTS TO MARSHY AREAS
     hx> idea rooted in disease states
         attributed to the Pontine MARSHES near
     ROME refered to as
     med> NOXIIS PALADUM EFFLUVIIS implying
          NOXIOUS EMANATIONS CAUSING see> PALLOR
     note ROT and ROTTING incl FEVERS
          WERE ATTRIBUTED TO FACTORS or VECTORS
     ORIGINATING IN HUMID SWAMPS
     lat  PALUS = MARSH
          PALLEO  TO LOOK WARN  PALE
     med> PALUDISM refers to MALARIA
          A DISORDER CAUSING ANEMIA
     hx> MALARIA relates to the ROT or ODOR
         ASSOCIATED WITH BOGS and MARSHES from which
     EMANATE ODORS FROM DECAYING ORGANIC MATTER
     including METHANE AND OTHER FOUL SMELLING GASES
     med> MALARIA IS AN INFECTIOUS DISEASE
          CAUSED BY PROTOZOA such as the
     PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM or MALARIAE or OVAL or VIVAX
     TRANSMITTED BY BITES OF INFECTED MOSQUITOES
     lat CULEX     = MOSQUITO or GNAT
         MUSCA       FLY
     ukr MUKHA       FLY an i that can
         MUKA        TORTURE
     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
          DENIGRATE as in
              LIBEL
~ MALIGNANT   or MALEVOLENT thus EVIL IN NATURE
~ MALIGNANCY  med> MALIGNANT NEOPLASIA or CANCER  MALUS

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