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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, equivalent to kālā black + Persian āzār disease
1880–85; < Hindi, equivalent to kālā black + Persian āzār disease
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kala-azar ka·la-a·zar (kä'lə-ə-zär')
n.
See visceral leishmaniasis.
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