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visceral leishmaniasises

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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: 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

Main Entry: visceral leishmaniasis
Function: noun
: KALA-AZAR
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kala-azar ka·la-a·zar (kä'lə-ə-zär')
n.
See visceral leishmaniasis.

visceral leishmaniasis n.
A chronic, often fatal disease occurring chiefly in Asia, caused by a protozoan parasite (Leishmania donovani) and characterized by irregular fever, enlargement of the spleen and liver, and emaciation. Also called kala-azar.

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