Medical Definition of excoriation. 1: the act of abrading or wearing off the skin chafing and excoriation of the skin.
malaria. noun. 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.
Malaria is a potentially fatal tropical disease that is caused by a parasite known as Plasmodium. It is spread through the bite of an infected female mosquito. Malaria is â¦ transmitted to humans from the Anopheles mosquito.   *Ninety percent of malaria-related deaths occur in Africa. Malaria is commonly associated with poverty, but is also a cause of poverty.   *Malaria is one of the most common infectious diseases and an enormous public health problem.