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ka⋅la-a⋅zar

  [kah-lah-ah-zahr, kah-luh-az-er]
–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.
Also called Dumdum fever, visceral leishmaniasis.

Origin:
1880–85; < Hindi, equiv. to kālā black + Pers āzār disease
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Main Entry: dum·dum fever
Pronunciation: "d&m-"d&m-
Function: noun
: KALA-AZAR

Main Entry: kala–azar
Pronunciation: "käl-&-&-"zär, "kal-
Function: noun
: a severe infectious disease chiefly of Asia marked byfever, progressive anemia, leukopenia, and enlargement of the spleen and liver and caused by a flagellate of the genus Leishmania (L. donovani) that is transmitted by the bite of sandflies and proliferates in reticuloendothelial cells called also dumdum fever; —see LEISHMAN-DONOVANBODY
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kala-azar ka·la-a·zar (kä'lə-ə-zär')
n.
See visceral leishmaniasis.

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