Part 6772

<cs><col>Malarial fever</col> <fld>(Med.)</fld>, <cd>a fever produced by malaria, and characterized by the occurrence of chills, fever, and sweating in distinct paroxysms, At intervals of definite and often uniform duration, in which these symptoms are wholly absent (<i>intermittent fever<i>), or only partially so (<i>remittent fever<i>); fever and ague; chills and fever.</cd></cs>

<h1>Malashaganay</h1> <Xpage=886>

<hw>Ma`la*sha"ga*nay</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Indian name.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The fresh-water drumfish (<spn>Haploidonotus grunniens</spn>).</def>

<h1>Malassimilation</h1> <Xpage=886>

<hw>Mal`as*sim`i*la"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Mal-</ets> + <ets>assimilation</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Imperfect digestion of the several leading constituents of the food.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>An imperfect elaboration by the tissues of the materials brought to them by the blood.</def>

<h1>Malate</h1> <Xpage=886>

<hw>Ma"late</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>malum</ets> apple: cf. F. <ets>malate</ets>. See <er>Malic</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A salt of malic acid.</def>

<h1>Malax, Malaxate</h1> <Xpage=886>

<hw><hw>Ma"lax</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Ma*lax"ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>malaxare</ets>, <ets>malaxatum</ets>, cf. Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ soft: cf. F. <ets>malaxer</ets>.]</ety> <def>To soften by kneading or stirring with some thinner substance.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Malaxation</h1> <Xpage=886>

<hw>Mal`ax*a"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>malaxatio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>malaxation</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of softening by mixing with a thinner substance; the formation of ingredients into a mass for pills or plasters.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Malaxator</h1> <Xpage=886>

<hw>Mal"ax*a`tor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who, or that which, malaxates; esp., a machine for grinding, kneading, or stirring into a pasty or doughy mass.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Malay</h1> <Xpage=886>

<hw>Ma*lay"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One of a race of a brown or copper complexion in the Malay Peninsula and the western islands of the Indian Archipelago.</def>

<h1>Malay, Malayan</h1> <Xpage=886>

<hw><hw>Ma*lay"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Ma*lay"an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to the Malays or their country.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>The Malay language.</def></def2>

<cs><col>Malay apple</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a myrtaceous tree (<spn>Eugenia Malaccensis</spn>) common in India; also, its applelike fruit.</cd></cs>

<h1>Malayalam</h1> <Xpage=886>

<hw>Ma"la*ya"lam</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The name given to one the cultivated Dravidian languages, closely related to the Tamil.</def>

<i>Yule.</i>

<h1>Malbrouck</h1> <Xpage=886>

<hw>Mal"brouck</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A West African arboreal monkey (<spn>Cercopithecus cynosurus</spn>).</def>

<h1>Malconformation</h1> <Xpage=886>

<hw>Mal*con`for*ma"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Mal-</ets> + <ets>conformation</ets>.]</ety> <def>Imperfect, disproportionate, or abnormal formation; ill form; disproportion of parts.</def>

<h1>Malcontent</h1> <Xpage=886>

<hw>Mal"con*tent`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[F., fr. <ets>mal</ets> ill + <ets>content</ets>. See <er>Malice</er>, <er>Content</er>.]</ety> <def>discontented; uneasy; dissatisfied; especially, dissatisfied with the government.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>malecontent</asp>.]</altsp>

<blockquote>The famous <b>malcontent</b> earl of Leicester. <i>Milner.</i></blockquote>