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Paludal (adjective)
paludal [ puh-lood-l, pal-yuh-dl ]


ADJECTIVE
1. of or relating to marshes.
2. produced by marshes, as miasma or disease.

OTHER WORDS FROM PALUDAL
post·pa·lu·dal, adjective

WORDS RELATED TO PALUDAL
soggy, boggy, fenny, miry, moory, mucky, quaggy

See synonyms for paludal on Thesaurus.com

ORIGIN: First recorded in 1810–20; from Latin palūd- (stem of palūs ) “swamp, marsh” + -al

HOW TO USE PALUDAL IN A SENTENCE
As long as the paludal theory held sway, the chemical interpretation of this identity of the product in every latitude was easy.
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT, NO. 458, OCTOBER 11, 1884|VARIOUS

Paludal or malarial pharyngitis may arise from the same causes as malarial fevers.
A SYSTEM OF PRACTICAL MEDICINE BY AMERICAN AUTHORS, VOL. II|VARIOUS

In the Roman states alone, sixty thousand perish every year from this paludal influence.
MARTYRIA|AUGUSTUS C. HAMLIN

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