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kala-azar [kah-lah-ah-zahr, kah-luh-az-er] WORD ORIGIN noun Pathology. a chronic, usually fatal disease occurring in tropical areas of Asia and the Western Hemisphere, characterized by irregular fever, enlargement of the spleen, anemia, and emaciation, caused by the protozoan Leishmania donovani. Liberaldictionary.com
Origin of kala-azar 1880–85; Hindi, equivalent to kālā black + Persian āzār diseaseAlso called Dumdum fever, visceral leishmaniasis. Dumdum fever noun Pathology. kala-azar. Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 British Dictionary definitions for dumdum fever kala-azar noun a tropical infectious disease caused by the protozoan Leishmania donovani in the liver, spleen, etc, characterized by fever and weight loss; visceral leishmaniasis Word Origin for kala-azar from Assamese kālā black + āzār disease Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 dumdum fever in Medicine kala-azar [kä′lə-ə-zär′] n. visceral leishmaniasis The American Heritage® Stedman’s Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
