paludism

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French paludisme.[1]

Noun

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paludism (usually uncountable, plural paludisms)

  1. (archaic, medicine) malaria
    • 1897, Matthew Louis Hughes, Mediterranean, Malta or Undulant Fever, London: Macmillan, page 3:
      Unlike paludism, its course is not markedly affected by the administration of quinine or arsenic.

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French paludisme. By surface analysis, paludă +‎ -ism.

Noun

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paludism n (uncountable)

  1. malaria

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